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1
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Kindness

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La gentillesse

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Besides

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D’ailleurs

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Otherwise, moreover

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Par ailleurs

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Somewhere else

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Ailleurs

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A yearning for travel

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Une envie d’ailleurs

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A cove

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Une crique

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To swing, rock

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Se balancer

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Dazzling

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Éblouissant

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Gluttonous

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Glouton(-onne)

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To crush

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Écraser

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To bury

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Enfouir

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Yellowish

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Jaunâtre

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A headland

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Un promontoire

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To reduce, get rid of

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Faire disparaitre

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Whereas

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Tandis que

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A nomination

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Une investiture

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17
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To bow

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Courber

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18
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The words

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Le propos

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To draw, unsheathed, strip (a wire)

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Dégainer

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As for

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Quant à

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As for me

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Quant à moi

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To occur, arise

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Survenir

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The target, aim, goal

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La cible

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Outstanding (bills, debts)

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Un en-cours

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A confrontation, battle, clash

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Un affrontement

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To train (sports team)

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S’entraîner

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Farm

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La ferme

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28
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The crew

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L’équipage

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29
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Hostage

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Un(e) otage

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To be taken hostage

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Être pris en otage

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31
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To hold hostage

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Retenir en otage

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32
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Staff

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Le personnel

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33
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To dismiss (workplace)

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Licencier

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A move (of house, furniture)

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Un déménagement

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35
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To fall asleep

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Endormir

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36
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The clash, skirmish

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Une échauffourée

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On the fringe of

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En marge de

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38
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To criticise harshly

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Fustiger

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Flotilla, squadron

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Une flotille

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A poll, survey

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Un sondage

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A household, housekeeping

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Le ménage

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42
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A watch

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Une montre

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43
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Basically

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Au fond

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A balance sheet, an assessment, a check up (medical)

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Un bilan

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45
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A hearse

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Un corbillard

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A coffin

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Un cercueil

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47
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A parade

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Un cortège

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48
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A roller coaster

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Une montage russe

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49
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A shot (cinema)

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Une prise de vue

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50
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To aim at

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Viser

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51
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Slow motion

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Au ralenti

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52
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A camel

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Un chameau

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53
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To edit

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Monter

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54
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To expect

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S’attendre

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55
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I’m expecting him to come

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Je m’attends à ce qu’il vienne

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To make a census of

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Recenser

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57
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To hammer

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Enfoncer

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58
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A nail

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Un marteau

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59
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An axe

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Une hache

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60
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To walk briskly away

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S’éloigner d’un bon pas

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61
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To knock, bang (your head)

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Se cogner

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62
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A Seal

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Un phoque

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63
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To trigger, cause

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Déclencher

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64
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To defuse, neutralise

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Désamorcer

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65
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Flashing, blinkering

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Clignotant

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66
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To wiggle, shimmy

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Se trémousser

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67
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Shank (piece of meat)

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Un jarret

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68
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To block

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Enrayer

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69
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As long as

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Aussi longtemps que

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70
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As soon as

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Dès que

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71
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As many as

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Autant que

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72
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As much as

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Tant que

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73
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Paternity leave

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Le congé paternité

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74
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A division

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Un clivage

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75
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Tensions

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Les crispations

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76
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A sprain or an infringement

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Une entorse

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77
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Blatant, obvious

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Flagrant

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78
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To weaken, give in

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Flancher

79
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To train yourself

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S’entraîner

80
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The devil is in the detail

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Le diable se cache dans le détail

81
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To investigate, to place under formal investigation

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Mettre en examen

82
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A break, obstacle

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Un frein

83
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Firmness

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La fermeté

84
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The influx

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L’afflux

85
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To chew

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Mâcher

86
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Explosion, conflict

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La déflagration

87
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To respond, retaliate

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Riposter

88
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To dispatch

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Dépêcher

89
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To be on alert

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Être sur le qui-vive

90
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To come unstuck, falter

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Cafouiller

91
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A suspicion

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Un soupçon

92
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A blow, bump, conflict

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Un heurt

93
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To disrupt

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Perturber

94
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The urn, ballot box

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Une urnre

95
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The latter

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Ce dernier

96
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To falsify, rig

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Truquer

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Unprecedented, unpublished

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Inédit

98
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Within

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Au sein de

99
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The countdown

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Le compte à rebours

100
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To tear, rip, extract

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Arracher

101
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To happen

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Advenir

102
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An overview

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Un tour d’horizon

103
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A network

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Un réseau

104
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To aim, target

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Cibler

105
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A network

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Un réseau

106
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To aim, target

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Cibler

107
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Open, cleared

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Dégagé

108
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To clear out, free

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Dégager

109
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To appear before court

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Comparaître en justice

110
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An appeal

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Un recours

111
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The sentence, penalty

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La peine

112
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However, nevertheless

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Toutefois

113
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To March

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Défiler

114
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To chant

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Scander

115
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To confess

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Passer aux aveux

116
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Easy, comfortable

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Aisé

117
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To bring back, to win

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Remporter

118
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During

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Lors de

119
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To try, attempt

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Tenter

120
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Overwhelming, crushing

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Écrasant

121
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To snipe at

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Fairs feu

122
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A pollster

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Un sondeur

123
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To pursue

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Poursuivre

124
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To find your way, head for

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Se diriger

125
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To perch

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Jucher

126
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A shortcoming

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Une lacune

127
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To fill a gap, address a shortcoming

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Combler une lacune

128
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A truce

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La trêve

129
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Negotiation talks

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Les pourparlers

130
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To burst

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Crever

131
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Dismay

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Le désarroi

132
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Slump, stagnation

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Le marasme

133
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To clear, take away

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Débarrasser

134
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To come face to face, fight each other, clash

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S’affronter

135
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The polls, voting, ballot

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Le scrutin

136
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Beyond

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Au delà de

137
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The issue, the stake/bet, prize

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L’enjeu

138
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To tip over, turn, change dramatically

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Basculer

139
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The order (as in the world order)

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La donne

140
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A shockwave

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Une onde de choc

141
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Lax, too soft,

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Laxiste

142
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The spreading

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La propagation

143
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Within, inside

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Au sein de

144
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The latest craze

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La dernière lubie

145
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To be neck and neck

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Être au coude-a-coude

146
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To take place, unfold

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Se dérouler

147
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The base, platform

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Le socle

148
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To intend to do sth, to mean to do sth

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Entendre faire qqch

149
Q

To ensure that

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Faire en sorte que

150
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To arouse, provoke

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Susciter

151
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In exchange for

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En échange de

152
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To demand, require

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Exiger

153
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Besides, additionally

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En outre

154
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To start, begin

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Ébaucher

155
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To borrow

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Emprunter

156
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Seaside

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Balnéaire

157
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Nationals (as in French nationals)

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Ressortissants

158
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The day before

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La veille

159
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To tread, walk on

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Fouler

160
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Fiercely,bitterly

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Farouchement

161
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As soon as, from

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Des

162
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Tense, strained

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Tendu

163
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To forecast, predict

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Prévoir

164
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To dismiss, reject

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Débouter

165
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Gnash your teeth

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Grincer des dents

166
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As, in the capacity of

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En tant que

167
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Immediately, straight away

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Sitôt

168
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To warn, put in custody

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Mettre en garde

169
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Bargaining, haggling

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Le marchandage

170
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To jump over, break through

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Franchir

171
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To get their act together

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Accorder leurs violons

172
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Will, drive, desire

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La volonté

173
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The barrier, block, bolt (lock)

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Un verrou

174
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Sudden/unforeseen developments

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Le rebondissement

175
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To meet

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Retrouver

176
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A boost, relaunch, reminder

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Une relance

177
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To jeopardise

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Mettre à mal

178
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To enrage

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Faire bondir

179
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Leaked

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Fuité

180
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To work relentlessly

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Travailler d’arrache-pied

181
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To work relentlessly

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Travailler d’arrache-pied

182
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To take to the streets

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Descendre dans la rue

183
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A burst, spurt

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Sursaut

184
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The removal process

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La procédure de destitution

185
Q

Arm wrestle, tussle

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Un bras de fer

186
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To dread

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Redouter

187
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In the hot seat

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Sur la sellette

188
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An appeal

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Un recours

189
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Final

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Ultime (before noun)

190
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To remain

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Demeurer

191
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To flatten, level

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Aplanir

192
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To be smoothed out

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S’aplanir

193
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On the run

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Au pas de course

194
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Islamic state

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État islamique

French Vocab (13 decks)

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