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Grubby, filthy, dirty, shabby

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Malpropre

Scumbag, swine, pig

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Give in, give way, waver

Fail, flag

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Flancher

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Flick n

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Pichenette f

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Safeguard n

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Garde-fou m

And guardrail

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Fierce
Savage, wild
Mistrustful, shy

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Farouche

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Melodramatic

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Mélo

Mélodrame m

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Fib, whopper

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Craque f

Craquer split, split open, give in, give way

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So-so

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Couci-couça adv

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Unravel

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Détricoter

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Pilgrimage

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Pèlerinage m

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Back off, climb down

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Lâcher du lest

Lest m ballast

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Enjoy sth wihile it lasts, have a good time, enjoy good times

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Manger son pain blanc

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Off-colour, iffy, dodgy

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Patraque adj

N fem piece of junk

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Mercury, quick silver

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Vif-argent m

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Incoherent, rambling fig and speech

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Décousu adj

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Receipt n

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Le ticket de caisse

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Wring, spin (wash machine)

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Essorer

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Chat up v

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Baratiner

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Save v

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Faire des économies

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I get along well with..

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Je m’entends bien avec X

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Not all there, crazy, mad adj

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Siphonné

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Hemp, cannabis

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Chanvre m

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Steel wool

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Paille de fer f

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Giggle, chuckle

Cluck

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Glousser

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Fishnet stockings

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Bas résille nmpl

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Meat fam n

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Bidoche f

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Rip-off con inf

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Attrape-gogo m

N’achète pas ça, c’est un attrape-gogo pour touristes!

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Sleepless night

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Nuit blanche

Stay up all night: passer une/faire une nuit blanche

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The end of the tunnel

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Le bout du tunnel

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Ancestors

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Aïeux mpl

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Etc, and so on so forth

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Et patati et patata

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Put the cart before the horse

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Mettre la charrue avant les boeufs

Charrue f plough

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In a bad way/state colloq

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Compote f
Je l’ai trouvé en compote
My back is killing me avoir le dos en compote
•j’ai les jambes en compote* (de fatigue) my legs are killing me /like jelly

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Sofa bed

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Clic-clac m

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Shirt, blouse

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liquette f

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Housewarming

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Pendaison f hanging ( as in punishment)

Pendaison de la crémaillère

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Bric-a-brac store, general store

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Bazar m

Mettre/foutre le bazar make a mess

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Cuddly toy, comfort blanket

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Doudou m

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Dump, ditch inf

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Planter

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Wishy washy, ludicrous

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Cul-cul adj

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Cooking fam n

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Popote f

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Crown teeth

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Jaquette f

Cover, sleeve (fex album)

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Remorse, regret

Feel guilty

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Remords m

Avoir de remords

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Crummy inf

Pathetic, hopeless

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Minable

Nmf pathetic, loser, no hopef

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Mess up inf v

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Amorcher

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No coverage (ph)

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Le portable ne capte pas

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Marrow

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Moelle f

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Rescue, snatch

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Arracher

Arracher qqc à qqn extract, wrest, get out something of someone

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Unrecognisable

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Méconnaissable

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Sober up

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Dégriser

51
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Be on call

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Être de garde

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Paunch’ beer belly, gut, belly

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Bedaine f

53
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Rest stops on free ways

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Les resto-routes

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W the volume turned down

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En sourdine

Jouer en sourdine play softly

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Pork products

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Cochonaille f

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Safety pin

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Épingle à nourrice

Nourrice child minder

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(Curtain) rod

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tringle f

Tringle à rideau

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Go nuts/bonkers

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Devenir marteau

Marteau hammer

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Bowl

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Écuelle f

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Armpit

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Aisselle f

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Heifer

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Génisse f

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Mug, airhead, asshole, wanker

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couillon

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As it happens

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En l’occurrence

Occurrence f appearance, happening, circumstance

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Pile up (cars)

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Carambolage m

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Lawn, turf

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Gazon m
Tondeuse à g lawn mower
G artificiel
Tennis sur g lawn tennis

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Cricket

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Grillon m

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Clover

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Trèfle ( à 4 feuilles) m

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Wisteria

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Glycine f

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Greyness, gloominess

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Grisaille

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Holly

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Houx m

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Hedge n

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Haie f

Hurdle, row, line or row of people

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Shard of glass

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Tesson de bouteille m

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Small courtyard

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Courette f

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Budgie

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Perruche f

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Pigsty

and fig

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Porcherie f

Cette chambre est une porcherie

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Willow

Weeping willow

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Saule m

Saule pleureur

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Variety n

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Essence f

Il y a plusieurs essences de pins dans le pays

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Frame (body)

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Carcasse f
And carcass
Trainer sa carcasse. Drag yrself along

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Consent to

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Opiner á

Opiner du bonnet/ du chef. Nod in agreement

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Naive, ingenous

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Ingénu adj m

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Demanding, challenging

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Exigeant -

exiger require, need, demand

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Lisp

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Zézaiement

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Pussy, sissy, weakling

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Mauviette f

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Raft n

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Radeau m

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Scratch, graze n

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Égratignure f

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Log n

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Bûche f

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Whisper

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Susurrer

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Pissed

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Pété

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Clear off, scram

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Se barrer

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Wrap, shawl

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Châle m

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Crow ( bird)

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Corneille f

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Twisted

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Bicournu

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Fern

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Fougère f

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Play wright

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Dramaturgue

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Prank, practical joke

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Farce f

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Embark upon, throw yr self into

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Élancer

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Stork

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Cigogne f

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Contact details, name and adress

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Coordonnées fpl

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Scold, rebuke, tell off

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Gronder

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Group of friends

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Une bande de copains

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Sulk, in a huff v

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Faire la tête

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Supported, popular, sought after, in demand

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Entouré adj

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