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Advanced 5_Vocab_Engl to Fren Flashcards

1
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overpowering, massive, crushing

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écrasant

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2
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a truce

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une trêve

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3
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a ceasefire

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un cessez-le-feu

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4
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story, account, testimony

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le témoignage

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5
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dawn

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l’aube (f)

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6
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to supply

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approvisionner

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7
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balancesheet, (death)toll (of a disaster)

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le bilan

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8
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to reject, to rule out, to spread, to move apart, to dispel, to eliminate, to push aside

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écarter

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9
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witness

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le témoin

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10
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to aim at / for, to target

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viser

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11
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to count

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dénombrer

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12
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to put sthg in motion

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mettre qch en branle

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13
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palaeontologist

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le paléontologue

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14
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beak

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le bec

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15
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excavation, search

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la fouille

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16
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coastal

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côtier/ côtière

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17
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to share out, split, distribute

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répartir

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18
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a gene

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un gène

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19
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to describe

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qualifier

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20
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semester, half year

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le semestre

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21
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bystander, onlooker

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le badaud (la badaude)

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22
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to criss cross, to patrol

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sillonner

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23
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packed with

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bondé de

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24
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outlet / outlet cover , plughole / plug

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la bonde

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25
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to deaden, to absorb

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amortir

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26
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Process , evolution (biology)

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le processus

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27
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stupidity

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la bêtise

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28
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firework display

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le feu d’artifice

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29
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delivery

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la livraison

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30
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giant

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le géant

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31
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gas pipeline

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le gazoduc

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32
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sampling, sample

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le prélèvement

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33
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to take a blood sample

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faire un prélèvement de sang

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34
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to get hold of, to seize

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s’emparer

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35
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to deliver`

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livrer

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36
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to dismantle, to break up

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démanteler

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37
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to reach

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parvenir à

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38
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clash, collision

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un accrochage

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39
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disused

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désaffecté

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40
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possible, potential

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éventuel

41
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subscriber, season ticket holder

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l’abonné (l’abonnée)

42
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spouse, joint, linked

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le conjoint (la conjointe)

43
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chariot, tank, carnival float

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le char

44
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to feed, supply

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alimenter

45
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to frustrate, foil

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déjouer

46
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fall, collapse

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la dégringolade

47
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to slice, cut through, slit

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trancher

48
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sample

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un échantillon

49
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to withdraw (militarily)

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se replier

50
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to track down

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traquer

51
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to command sb to do

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sommer qn de faire

52
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to hammer, pound, rap (words)

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marteler

53
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to watch over

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veiller

54
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to bypass

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contourner

55
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flood(ing)

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une inondation

56
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shipwreck

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le naufrage

57
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to take place, to be carried out

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s’effectuer

58
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paddy field

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la rizière

59
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home, household

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le foyer

60
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discontent

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le ras-le-bol

61
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to call for

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réclamer

62
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behind closed doors

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à huis clos

63
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imprisonment

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réclusion

64
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handful, hilt, handle

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une poignée

65
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collapse, subsidence

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l’effondrement

66
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unnatural, adulterated

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frelaté

67
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to fall on (suspicion), to spread (infection)

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se porter sur

68
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stiff, straight, taut

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raide

69
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traffic

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le trafic

70
Q

slope

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la pente

71
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billionaire

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e / la milliardaire

72
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to disown, deny

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désavouer

73
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rival, competitor, candidate

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le concurrent

74
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to subject sb / sthg to

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soumettre qn/qch à

75
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stakeholding, shares

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la participation

76
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talks

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les pourparlers

77
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stick

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le bâton

78
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to start, initiate

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entamer

79
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to push back

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repousser

80
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to declare, decree

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décréter

81
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tear gas

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le gaz lacrymogène

82
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to criss-cross, patrol

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sillonner

83
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deafening

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assourdissant

84
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damage

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le dégât

85
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clash, collision

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le heurt

86
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to sulk

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bouder

87
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(door) bell

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la sonnette

88
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club, truncheon

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la matraque

89
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to club, to bombard

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matraquer

90
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generally

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communément

91
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frost

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le gel

92
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to chant

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scander

93
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to supervise

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encadrer

94
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device, machine

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le dispositif

95
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to untie, undo

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défaire

96
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to swear an oath

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prêter serment

97
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the freezing of a project, to put a project on ice

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le gel d’un project

98
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beforehand

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auparavant

99
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a tide

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une marée

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