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1
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l’oisiveté

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idleness

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adorer le veau d’or

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to worship the golden calf (be a slave to money)

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tressage

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plaiting material

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menuiserie

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joinery

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redevances

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royalties

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secret commercial

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trade secret

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arrosoir

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watering can

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mettre à plat

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get the books balanced

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braconnier devenu garde-chasse

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poacher turned gamekeeper

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arme à sous-munitions

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cluster weapons

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hongre

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gelding

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jument

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mare

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jeune jument

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filly

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mytiliculture

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mussel farming

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sournois

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sneaky

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lyophilisé

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shrink-wrapped

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beurre aux épinards

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sweeten the pot

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déconvenue

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discomfiture

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procédure contradictoire

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adversarial procedure

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faisceau

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bundle/sheaf

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mareyage

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fish wholesale

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riquiqui

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tiny

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échelonner

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to stagger / spread out

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éreintant

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back-breaking

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butiner

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forage

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essaim

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swarm

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végétalien

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vegan

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tonnelier

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barrel-maker

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chevauchant

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overlapping

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andouillette

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chitterling sausage

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Chevrefeuil

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Honeysuckle

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32
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le voyant

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the warning light

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une couleur voyante

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a garish colour

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être la coqueluche de

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to be the idol of

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avoir la coqueluche

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to have whooping cough

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36
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noueux

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gnarled

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arriviste

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careerist

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38
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rabibocher un couple

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to matchmake

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se rabibocher

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to make it all up

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40
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papoter

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to chatter

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grutier

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crane driver

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frigoriste

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coolant systems engineer

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43
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accastillage

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accessories

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44
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déchanter

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to become disillusioned with

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45
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se friter

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to argue/fight with

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46
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impôts fonciers

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land taxes

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47
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saccager

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to wreck/destroy

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48
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traboule

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passageway (typical of Lyon)

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engouement

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fad

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savonner la planche à qq’un

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to make life tough for s/one

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51
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s’ébouillanter

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to scald oneself

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52
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tranchée

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trench

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traboule

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passageway (typical of Lyon)

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54
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engouement

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fad

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savonner la planche à qq’un

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to make life tough for s/one

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s’ébouillanter

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to scald oneself

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57
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tranchée

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trench

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58
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la lande

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the moor

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59
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on est à cheval!

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we’re on the ball!

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60
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écouler

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to sell off

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61
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budget primitif

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preliminary budget

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62
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mouiller la moule

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to wet the whistle

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63
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panier-percé

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spendthrift

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64
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pavot

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poppy

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65
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les sens en éveil

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heightened senses

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66
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broyeur

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waste disposal unit

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67
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gisement

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(mineral/oil) deposit

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haie

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hedge

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69
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métayage

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agricultural tenancy in exchange for crops

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70
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après l’heure ce n’est plus l’heure

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no time like the present

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71
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arrachage

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stripping out foliage

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72
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ardoise

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slate

73
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calquer le modèle

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to replicate the model

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pépite d’or

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gold nugget

75
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girouette

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weathervane

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avènement

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advent

77
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miroiter

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to sparkle

78
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trompérie

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deception

79
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farfelu

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harebrained

80
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la pelouse

A

the lawn

81
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on est pris aux tripes

A

it gets you right there

82
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disjoncteur

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trip switch

83
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choyer

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to pamper

84
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fermage

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farming tenancy

85
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se mettre en bisbille

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to squabble

86
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ville-centre

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hub town

87
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tirer la couverture à soi

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to get all the benefits for yourself

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bassin d’emplois

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Source of jobs

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jusqu’à la lie

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right to the hilt

90
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la lie

A

the sediment

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prêtre réfractaire

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rebellious priest

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ragots

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gossip

93
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se leurrer

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to deceive oneself

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une vaine de charbon

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a seam of coal

95
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ça se boit tout seul

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it goes down nicely

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s’éfriter

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to crumble

97
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faire des frasques

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to play up / be mischievous

98
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compagnonnage

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apprenticeship scheme

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réformé

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unfit for military service

100
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pensée sectaire

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silo thinking

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emploi perenne

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stable work

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les incuries du pouvoir

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the carelessness of the authorities

103
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les acceptions

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nuances of meaning

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de fil en aiguille

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gradually

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les débois

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misfortunes

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régime censitaire

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census suffrage

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mièvre

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insipid/soppy

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engranger

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to gather in

109
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férrailles

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scrap metal

110
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pièces de réchange

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spare parts

111
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à reculons

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reluctantly / moving backwards

112
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débaucher

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to lay off / dismiss

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une grappe d’entreprises

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a cluster of companies

114
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désenclaver

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to open up / trigger activity

115
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mettre de l’huile dans les engrenages

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to grease the wheels

116
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à vol d’oiseau

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as the crow flies

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paresser

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to laze about

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droits de mutation

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property transfer tax

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tourbillon

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whirlwind

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foudroyage

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mine caving (deliberate collapse)

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rabâcher

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to rehash

122
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brouter

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to graze

123
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garder rancune à qq’un

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to hold a grudge against s/one

124
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voyou

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rascal

125
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s’étioler

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to wilt

126
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tomber sous le joug de qq’un

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to be under the yoke of s/one

127
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tergiverser

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to prevaricate

128
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inouï

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unprecedented

129
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descendre en vrille

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to spiral downwards

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guetter

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to watch out for / to threaten

131
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guinguette

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open-air café with dance floor

132
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en liesse

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jubilant

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mèche

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wick

134
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le filan s’apresente comme un ruban

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the seam has a ribbon-like structure

135
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collage du vin

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wine bonding

136
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durée de latence

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latency period

137
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ENARC

A

graduate of admin school for civil service

138
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césure

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rupture/division

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attelage

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harness

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appât

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bait

141
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alangui

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languid

142
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colporter

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to hawk/trade

143
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pissenlit

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dandelion

144
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ACCIS

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CCCTB (common consolidated corporate tax base)

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tendre la perche

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to help out

146
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croquer

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to sketch

147
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un matou

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a tomcat

148
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effacé

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unassuming

149
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interloqué

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taken aback

150
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grésiller

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to crackle in the fire

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bûche

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log

152
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un plancher ou un plafond

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a lower or upper limit

153
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clapet

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valve

154
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prélat

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priest

155
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baratiner

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to sweet talk

156
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miroiter

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to sparkle/glimmer

157
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ruban

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ribbon/band

158
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enchevêtrement

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entanglement

159
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borgne

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blind in one eye

160
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endiguement

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damming up

161
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retirer les marrons du feu

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to get the credit

162
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fil de fer barbelé / ronces artificielles

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barbed wire

163
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boutade

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a sudden outbreak/burst

164
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Ce n’est point du nenni

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it’s forced

165
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lá où c’est flou, c’est qu’il y a un loup

A

if it’s vague, there’s a hidden agenda

166
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passer à la chaux

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to whitewash

167
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revêche

A

surly

168
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la giboulée

A

the sudden downpour

169
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giboyeux

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abounding in game

170
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compte à rebours

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countdown

171
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camper sur ses positions

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to stick to your guns

172
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se tenir à carreaux

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to keep oneself in line

173
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rechigner

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to baulk at

174
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tollé

A

outcry

175
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maladresse

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blunder

176
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un sésame

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an opening (opportunity) / way in

177
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rétrécir

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to shrink

178
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épave

A

wreck

179
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herse

A

harrow

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