Carnet

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vingtaine

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around twenty

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attendre avec impatience

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to look forward / be most eager

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avoir de tes nouvelles

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to hear from you

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compter sur quelqu’un

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to have relied on s.o

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avoir chaud

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to be hot

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faire faire qqch

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have (s.o) do it

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vieillir

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to age

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faire réparer

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have it repaired / fixed / monded

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J’aimerais mieux

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I’d rather

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reformuler

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to rephrase

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atteindre

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reach

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s’apercevoir, se rendre compte

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to realise

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réaliser, finir

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achieve, complete, reach a goal

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parti de rien

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started from scratch

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l’info venant directement du lieu

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blow-by-blow / a first-hand account (=witness)

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à l’apogée

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at the pinnacle / apex (top)

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prudent

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careful

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infiltré

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embedded = infiltrated

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profondément ancré/enraciné

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deeply rooted

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entrelacé

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interwined

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retrogradation

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demotion

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essayer de fuir

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to try to shy away

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secoué

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shook (shake)

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confiance

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confidence

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donc

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therefore

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les problèmes, les questions

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the issues

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aider

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assist = help

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assister à un concert

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to attend a concert

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expérience

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(the) credentials = background

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comportement

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demeanor

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naissant

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nascent

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(non) infligé

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(un)inflected

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idée raciales

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racial insights

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difusé

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aired

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de manière informelle

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informally

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reconnaître

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to acknowledge

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repugnance

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loath

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accusation

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charge

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évalué

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assessed

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dans le monde

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gobally

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consacrer

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to devote

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defendant

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championing

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intérieurement

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internally

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irresistible

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compelling

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preoccupation

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concern

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rempli

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filled

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les détenus

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inmates

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anciennement

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formerly

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importance

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significance

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frappé

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struck (strike)

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bouquet / paquet

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bunch

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présentateur

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anchor

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témoin

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witness

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cache

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frame

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vers l’avant

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forward

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abaissé

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lowered

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rideau

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curtain

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gardien

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warden

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pertinent

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relevant

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qu’il s’agisse

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whether

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loi

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bill

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durcir

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stiffen

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retour

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throwback

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être prêt à faire qqch

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to be ready/ primed to do sth

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comportement stable

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steady demeanor

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déchirer

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tear up

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contreparties

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contreparts

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élan

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impetus

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oindre

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anoint (=elect)

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prendre une position hostile

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to bristle

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polyvalence

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versatility

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chasser / traquer

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chase

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môme, marmots

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brats

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parmis

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amid

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dirigé par

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led by

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évacuer (la pression)

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let off steam

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ennuyeux

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dull

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étincelle

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spark

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gachette

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trigger

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menace

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threaten

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inondation

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flood

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épargner

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spare

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biaisé

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slanted, bias (lack of neutrality)

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pas de recul

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no hindsight

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digne de confiance

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trustworthy

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banal, trivial

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mundane

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prendre pour argent comptant

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take(n) for granted

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rumeur

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hearsay, rumour

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hausse proportionnelle

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commensurate rise

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des conseils

un conseil

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ø advice

a piece of advice

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monter (avec l’aide de qqun ou qqch)

monter (seul)

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raise

rise

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distribuer

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hand out

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parties du corps

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limbs

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une marche, manifestation

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a march (political, military)

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affiches

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placards

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s’inquiéter

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be concerned with

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tracts

feuille d’arbre

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leaflets

≠ leaf

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se battre pour

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fight for / to champion

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un proverbe

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a saying, a proverb

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aspirer à devenir

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to aspire

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amèrement

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bitterly

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peigne

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comb

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bête

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dumb = stupid

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anesthésié

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numb

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attiser la haine, alimenter le feu

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to stoke

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ne pas avoir les mots

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to be at a loss for words

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Ne sois pas bête

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Silly goose !! (don’t be stupid)

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ne rien faire

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apathy

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débordé

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spill over

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tout bloquer

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grind to a halt (=paralyse)

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une halte

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a halt

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se passer de qqch

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to do without sth