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Appartenir

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To belong

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Déranger

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To disturb

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S’intégrer à

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To become part of

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Mépriser

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To look down on

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Craindre de

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To fear

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Renoncer à

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To give up

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Siffler

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To whistle

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Se briser

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To break

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S’éloigner

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To get further

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Survenir

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To occur

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Subir

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To suffer

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Pencher

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To weight/count

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Tenter

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To try

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Débarrasser

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To clear/remove

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Gêner

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To disturb/bother

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Rapporter

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To return/bring back

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Déplacer

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To move/shift

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Déplorer

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To regret

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Interpeller

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To question

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Saisir

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To grasp

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Avouer

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To confess

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Envenimer

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To make worse

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La toile

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Web

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Le témoignage

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Account/story

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Le reboisement

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Reafforestation

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Le récidivisme

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Reoffending

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La réeducation

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Rehabilitation

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Le taulard

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Convict

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L’orthographe

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Spelling

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L’argot

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Slang

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La bagnole

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Car

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Le pote

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Friend

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Le fric

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Money

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Le mec

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Boy

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La clope

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Cigarette

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Les renseignements

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Information

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Le cadrage

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Filming

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L’éclairage

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Lighting

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Le ralentit

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Slow motion

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Courir

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To run

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À travers

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Across

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Bouder

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To sulk

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Les recettes

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Receipts

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Intemporel

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Timeless

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Métier

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Profession / trade

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À la retraite

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Retired

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Alors que

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Whilst/whereas/even though

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Dès

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As soon as / once

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Tout à fait

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Absolutely / completely

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50
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Une assiette

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Plate

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Le couteau

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Knife

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Une cuillère

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A spoon

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53
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Une forchette

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A fork

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54
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Le canapé

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The sofa

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55
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Un four

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An oven

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56
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In tapis

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Carpet/rug

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57
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Les meubles

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Furniture

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Les rideaux

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The curtains

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Une prise

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Plug / socket

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Le plafond

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Ceiling

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Parvenir

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To reach

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La lisière

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The edge / border

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Concevoir

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To design

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Atténuer

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To reduce / ease

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Aléatoire

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Random/unpredictable

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L’Éventail

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Range

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Susciter

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To give rise to/cause

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Attester

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To confirm / testify

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Afficher

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To put up/display

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La marque

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Print/brand/label

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71
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Une amende

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A fine

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72
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Envisager

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To contemplate / consider

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L’étendue

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The extent

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74
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Épanouissement

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Fulfillment

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75
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Analphabète

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Illiterate

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Recours

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Resprt/solution

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Délit

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Crime/offence

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78
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La peine

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Punishment/effort/difficulty

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79
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Geôle

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Jail

80
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Le pic

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Peak/summit

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Insupportable

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Unbearable/intolerable

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Quiconque

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Anyone/whoever

83
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N’importe

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Either/whichever

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Chanceux

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Lucky/fortunate

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Vécu

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Experience/life/background

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L’exploitation

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Cultivation/growing

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La centrale

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Power plant

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La survie

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Survival

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Au détriment de

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To the detriment of/to the cost of

90
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Avoir l’intention

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Intend

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L’écart

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Distance / gap

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Nettement

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Clearly/obviously

93
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Le rattrapage

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Putting right/correcting

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Affirmer

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Confirm/assure

95
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Le rébondissement

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Unexpected development

96
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Le débouché

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Job opening /prospect

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Là-bas

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Over there

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Prétendre/arguer/Soutenir

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To claim

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Quelle que/n’importe que (soit)

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Whatever (is)

100
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Le milieu

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Social environment

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Errer

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To walk aimlessly

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Inéluctable

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Inescapable

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Assoiffé

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Thirsty

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Tendu

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Tense

105
Q

What happened in the London riots (Aug 2011)

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  • black man mark duggan shot dead by police

- l’incedie volontaire, le vol, Les morts/blessures

106
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What happened in te French protests in May 1968?

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Students and works striker and protested in streets due to unemployment/education problems

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What happened in the French riots in 2005?

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  • 2 teens electrocuted in Paris suburb trying to escape police
  • triggered riots in African/Arab areas
108
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Maîtrise de soi

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Self control

109
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L’évasion

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Escapism

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Fluire

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To flee

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La Canucks

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Heatwave

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Durable

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Sustainable

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Une asile

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An asylum

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Un métis

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Mixed race

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La carence

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Lack of

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A moins que..ne (subjunctive)

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Unless

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Pourvu que (subjunctive

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Provided that

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Elle veut que (subjunctive)

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To want that

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L’arrivé de

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The arrival of

120
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Le départ

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Departure

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La rentrée

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Going back to school

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Les alentours

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Outskirts

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Dévoiler/révéler

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To reveal

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Le dénouement

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Ending

125
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Le délit de faciès

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The act judging someone by their appearance/skin colour

126
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Promouvoir

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To promote

127
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L’aliénation

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Alienation

128
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La résponsabilisation

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Empowerment

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Une décennie

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A decade

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Les Maghrébins

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People from Maghreb countries in North Africa

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Mécontentement

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Discontent

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La promiscuité

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Lack of privacy

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Déambuler

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To wander about aimlessly

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Or

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But/yet

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Survoler

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To fly over

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Écrasant

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Overwhelming

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Une escapade

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A visit

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Le point culminant

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Climax

139
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Un casier judicicure

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Criminal record

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Les fabricants

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Manufacturers

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Bien pire

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Even worse

142
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Soigner

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To cure

143
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Étouffant

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Oppressive

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Exigu

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Cramped

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Bondé

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Crowded

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En avoir marre

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Fed up with

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Importuner

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To bother/harass

148
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Dégénérer

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To worsen

149
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Une facette

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An aspect

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Le gyrophare

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Flashing lights on a police car

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Avoir hâte de

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To look forward to

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Se débrouiller

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To cope

153
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Un internat/pensionnat

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A boarding school

154
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Actuellement/à present

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In present

155
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Partenariat/association

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Partnership

156
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Débrouiller

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To manage

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À partir de

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From (eg. Janvier)

158
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Dès maintenance

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From now onwards

159
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Un avertissement

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A warning

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Une inondation

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A flood

161
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Au même titre

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Along with

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Faire construire

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To make happen

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Le dirigeant

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Director / manager

164
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L’homoparentalité

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Same sex parenting

165
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À supposer que

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Assuming that

166
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Aîné

A

Older

167
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Une échappatoire

A

A way out/ a way of escaping reality

168
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Quelque part

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Somewhere

169
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Nulle part

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Nowhere

170
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Se dérouler

A

To take place

171
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Licenciement/économique

A

Redundancy

172
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La sanction/pénalité

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Penalty

173
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La perpette

A

Life imprisonment

174
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Un cauchemar

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A nightmare

175
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Avoir hâte de

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To look forward to

176
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Se débrouiller

A

To cope

177
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Un internat/pensionnat

A

A boarding school

178
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Actuellement/à present

A

In present

179
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Partenariat/association

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Partnership

180
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Débrouiller

A

To manage

181
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À partir de

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From (eg. Janvier)

182
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Dès maintenance

A

From now onwards

183
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Un avertissement

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A warning

184
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Une inondation

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A flood

185
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Au même titre

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Along with

186
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Faire construire

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To make happen

187
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Le dirigeant

A

Director / manager

188
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L’homoparentalité

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Same sex parenting

189
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À supposer que

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Assuming that

190
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Aîné

A

Older

191
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Une échappatoire

A

A way out/ a way of escaping reality

192
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Quelque part

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Somewhere

193
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Nulle part

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Nowhere

194
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Ne…guère

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Hardly

195
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Which adverbs do you use inversion with

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À peine (hardly)
Aussitôt (immediately)
Ainsi (Thus)
En vain
Peut-être
Sans doute