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Advanced Composition Vocab_Engl to Fren2 Flashcards

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to rise

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se dresser

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to smash, to shatter

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fracasser

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to be drunk

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être fracassé(e)

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to crouch

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s’accroupir

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dazed, dumb

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hébété(e)

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wreckage, ransacking

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le saccage

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to embrace someone, to clasp someone in one’s arm

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étreindre

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an embrace, hug, grasp

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une étreinte

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a buffoon

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un bateleur

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in secret

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en cachette

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a trick

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un tour

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a tower

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une tour

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elbow

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le coude

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knee

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le genou

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wrist

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le poignet

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chin

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le menton

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to kick someone

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donner un coup de pied à quelqu’un

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to lie in wait, to wait to ambush

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être embusqué(e)

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to catch a cold

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prendre froid, s’enrhumer

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20
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to sneeze

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éternuer

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many times, plusieurs fois

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à plusieurs reprises

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to go fetch something or someone

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aller quérir quelque chose ou quelqu’un

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hay

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le foin

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to stare at someone’s face

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dévisager quelqu’un

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to hail, to call someone, appeler quelqu’un

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héler quelqu’un

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to walk along

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cheminer

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an offering

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une offrande

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a holiday

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un jour férié

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to get ready to do something

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s’apprêter à faire quelque chose

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30
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to walk along

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longer

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31
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to fold

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plier

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a fold

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un pli

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a coach driver

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un cocher

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to witness, to testify

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témoigner

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to show/display affection towards someone

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témoigner de l’affection à quelqu’un

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to hitch up, to roll up (a skirt or sleeve)

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retrousser (une jupe ou une manche)

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a corner, un coin, un recoin

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une encoignure

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furtive, stealthy

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furtif/ve

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39
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to rush towards

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se précipiter

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40
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a spider web

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une toile d’araignée

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41
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to dust

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épousseter

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42
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dust

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la poussière

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43
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an altar

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un autel

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44
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a floorcloth

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une serpillière

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45
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a low wall

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un muret

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46
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to bend, plier

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ployer

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47
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to cheat on someone

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tromper quelqu’un avec quelqu’un d’autre

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to make a mistake

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se tromper

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49
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to be pregnant, être enceinte

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être grosse

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50
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pregnancy

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la grossesse

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51
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to give birth

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accoucher

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52
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a stillborn child

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un enfant mort-né

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53
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wash house

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le lavoir

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54
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to inquire about something

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s’enquérir de quelque chose

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55
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to get better

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se rétablir

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56
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a mass grave

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un charnier

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57
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a bit, a scrap

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une bribe

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58
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a root

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une racine

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59
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a rise in the water level (of a river)

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la crue

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embankment

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le talus

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bank (of a river)

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la rive

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to borrow something

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emprunter quelque chose

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63
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to take a path

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emprunter un chemin

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64
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bony

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osseux/euse

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65
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a heel

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un talon

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66
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glum, gloomy

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maussade

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a fad, a hare-brained idea, a whim, une caprice

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une lubie

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a thistle

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un chardon

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69
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a hazelnut

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une noisette

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70
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to retort something to someone

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rétorquer quelque chose à quelqu’un

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71
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silk

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la soie

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72
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moldy, mildewed

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moisi(e)

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73
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discomfort, embarrassment

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la gêne

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74
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to be embarrassed

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être gêné(e)

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75
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hollow

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creux/euse

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76
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sorrow

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le chagrin

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a blanket

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une couverture

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a sheet

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un drap

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a thigh

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une cuisse

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a hem

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un ourlet

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a step, stepping stone

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un marchepied

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on all fours

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à quatre pattes

83
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hardened, shriveled up

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racorni(e)

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a shoe lace

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un lacet

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to slide

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coulisser

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a beam, a girder

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une poutre

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a curtain

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un rideau

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to hang oneself

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se pendre

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to have trouble doing

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avoir du mal à faire

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to stamp one’s foot, to trample

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piétiner

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a jolt, a bump, a jerk

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une secousse

92
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the seal of secrecy

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le sceau du secret

93
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nightly, by night

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nuitamment

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to cough

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tousser

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to remember something

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se remémorer quelque chose, se rappeler, se souvenir de

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to whisper

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chuchoter, murmurer, susurrer

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long ago

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jadis

98
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fine hail

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le grésil

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to wipe something

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essuyer quelque chose

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a quince (type of yellow fruit)

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un coing

101
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not well-provided for

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peu fournis

102
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a late friend

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un ami de feu

103
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to chatter

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papoter

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horse hair

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le crin

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clinking

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le cliquetis

106
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a spur

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un éperon

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thorny

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épineux

108
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a foil parcel, chocolates

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une papillote

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unexpectedly

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inopinément

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jerky, stilted

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saccadé(e)

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to tap, to pat

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tapoter

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a hook

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un hameçon

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a june bug

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une hanneton

114
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the hardened wings of a beetle

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un élytre

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a ladybug

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une coccinelle

116
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mandible, jaw

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la mandibule

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a walnut tree

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un noyer

118
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bedside, bedside table

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le chevet

119
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to smoke

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fumer

120
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to do someone in

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fumer quelqu’un

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to get killed (by someone)

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se faire tuer, se fair fumer par quelqu’un

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a trunk

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un coffre

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rear view mirror

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le rétrovisateur, le rétro

124
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a gun

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un pistolet, un flingue, un gun, un calibre

125
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belt

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la ceinture

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an officer

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un policier, un gendarme

127
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a cop

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un flic, une fliquette

128
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to shoot (at) someone

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faire feu sur quelqu’un, tirer sur quelqu’un

129
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to turn ugly

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dégénérer

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sweat

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la sueur

131
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a drop

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une goutte

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forehead

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le front

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villainous

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crapuleux(euse)

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une grande route

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une nationale

135
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to not look like much

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ne payer pas mine

136
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the belway around Paris

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Le périphérique (le périph)

137
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regarder

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mater

138
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to draw a weapon

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dégaîner une arme, défourailler

139
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to survive, to manage

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s’en sortir

140
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to gag someone

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baîllloner quelqu’un

141
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a gag

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un baîllon

142
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a penalty kick

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un penalty

143
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a punch

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un coup de poing, une patate, une pêche, un marron

144
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a slap

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une gifle, une claque, une beigne, une torgnolle

145
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to double cross someone, to betray someone

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doubler quelqu’un, trahir quelqu’un

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to tease someone

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taquiner quelqu’un, chambrer quelqu’un

147
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resentment

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la rancune, le ressentiment

148
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to swindle someone

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escroquer quelqu’un, carotter/rot-ca quelqu’un

149
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hash

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le zetla, le shit

150
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to observe someone

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guetter quelqu’un

151
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a thug

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un voyou, un you-voi, un truand, une crapule

152
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to drive too fast

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conduire à trop vive allure

153
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nothing special to report

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il n’y a rien à signaler

154
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nothing scares him

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rien ne l’effraie

155
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to pay the price (of something)

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payer les frais (de quelque chose)

156
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you can’t undo what you’ve done

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on ne peut pas revenir sur ce qu’on a fait

157
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5 in the morning

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5 heures du mat

158
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a deafening silence, grave silence

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un silence de mort

159
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as best as he/she can

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du mieux qu’il/elle peut

160
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go figure

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va savoir

161
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se disputer avec quelqu’un

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se prendre la tête avec quelqu’un

162
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une source d’ennuis

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une prise de tête

163
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revenge is a dish best served/savored cold

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la vengeance est un plat qui se mange froid

164
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to last, durer

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faire long feu

165
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thugs don’t live for very long

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y a pas un voyou qui fasse long feu

166
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you can count the days until a bullet digs into you

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tu peux compter les jours en attendant qu’une balle te creuse

167
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to hide something

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cacher, dissimuler, planquer quelque chose

168
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to turn the engine off

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couper le contact

169
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at first glance

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au premier abord

170
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i will first try to show how

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je vais d’abord essayer de montre comment

171
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i will then examine a particular phenomenon

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j’examinerai ensuite un phénomène particulier

172
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in the extent that

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dans la mesure où

173
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to redefine the significance

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réorienter la signification

174
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how can we account for

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comment rendre compte de

175
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we are in the presence of a play on the reader’s expectations

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il y a là un jeu sur les attentes du lecteur

176
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the symbolic meaning of the text

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la portée symbolique du texte

177
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the reader’s expectations

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un horizon d’attente

178
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a surprise effect

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un effet de surprise

179
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a subliminal announcement

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un effet d’annonce

180
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a stylistic device

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un procédé rhétorique

181
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one notices the repetition of a stylistic phenomenon

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on remarque la persistance d’un même phénomène stylistique

182
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all along the text

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tout au long du texte

183
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we still need to study how

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il nous reste à étudier comment

184
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the character’s characterization (portrayal)

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la caractérisation des personnages

185
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the very beginning of the poem

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l’incipit

186
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a turn of events

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un coup de théâtre

187
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conter

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raconter

188
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un pauvre

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un manant, un gueux

189
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wise

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sage

190
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autour de, près de,

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à l’entour de

191
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to spread

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étendre

192
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une maison

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une demeure

193
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demeurer

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habiter, vivre, rester quelque part

194
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frozen, paralysé, gelé,

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transi(e), perclus(e), engourdi(e)

195
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to whistle, to hiss

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siffler

196
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essayer de

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tâcher de

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a benefactor

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un bienfaiteur, une bienfaitrice

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