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1
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hardline policy

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jusqu’auboutisme (m.)

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ribbon

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ruban (m.)

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submachine gun

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mitraillette (f.)

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shrivelled up, hunched up

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recroquevillé

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to loop the loop

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faire les loopings

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waterlily

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nénuphar (f.)

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g-string

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string (m.)

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it couldn’t be simpler

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c’est simplissime

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clingfilm

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scellofrais (m.)

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unmanageable

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ingérable

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charred

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carbonisé

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to backdate

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antidater

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to stripe

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zébrer

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preacher

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le prédicateur

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follower

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adepte (m.)

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paragraph

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entrefilet (m.)

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channel-hopping

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zapping (m.)

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supporting

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justicatif

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to go out of tune

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désaccorder (se)

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it is not recommended

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c’est contre-indiqué

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to save (computer)

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sauvegarder

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café where singers entertain customers

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café-concert (m.)

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satirical tract

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pamphlet (m.)

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24
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at street level

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de plain-pied

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to come straight to the point

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entrer deo plain-peid dans le sujet

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hard court

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court en quick (m.)

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to use up the left overs

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accommoder les restes

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to place side by side

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accoler

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to play fair

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jouer franc-jeu

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30
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hound’s tooth check

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pied-de-poule (m.)

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Mexican wave

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ola (f.)

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building land

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terrain (m.) constructible

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over-orante, involved

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tarabiscoté

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34
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colon

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deux points (m.pl.)

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35
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inevitably

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fatalement

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36
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skin

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cutané

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37
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air show

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meeting (m.) aérien

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daisy

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marguerite (f.)

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39
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dinner jacket

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smoking (m.)

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40
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to intoxicate

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griser

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41
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to let success go to o’s head

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sel laisser griser par le succès

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42
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immigrant without proper identity or working papers

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sans-papiers (m.)

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43
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close textured fruit sponge

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pudding (m.)

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44
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lampshade

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abat-jour (m.)

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45
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to have a face-lift

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se faire un lifting

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46
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artichoke

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le topinambour Jerusalem

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47
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cease-fire

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cessez-le-feu (m.)

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shop assistant, office clerk

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commis (m.)

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49
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taken aback

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interloqué

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50
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crazy

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chtarbé

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51
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dancing hall

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dancing (m.)

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52
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to stir up ill-feeling in a family

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mettre la zizanie dans une famille

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to give a new boost to

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redynamiser

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54
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television news

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JT (journal télévisé) (m.)

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55
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to increase its workforce

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augementer les effectifs

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56
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unprecendented

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inouï

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57
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spray

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pulvérisateur (m.)

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58
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carbohydrate

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le glucide

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59
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lack of fitness

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méforme (f.)

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60
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preparatory day for teachers before school term starts

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présentée (f.)

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61
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flip-flop

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nu-pieds (m.)

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62
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bare-foot

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nu-pieds

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63
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to scan

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scanner

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64
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transfer

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cession (f.)

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65
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night watchman

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vigile (m.)

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66
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computer

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ordi (m.)

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67
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s.o. who has been miraculously cured

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miraculé (m.)

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68
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to dabble on the stock exhange

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boursicoter

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69
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rabble, riff-raff

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racaille (f.)

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70
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increase

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accrue (f.)

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blackboard eraser

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brosse (f.)

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72
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social interacton, conviviality, user-friiendliness

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convivialité (f.)

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door-to-door selling

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démarchage (m.)

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special school

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centre médicopédagogique

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75
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possibly

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éventuellement

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76
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to trip up s.o.

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faire un croc-en-jambe à qqn

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77
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odd-numbered

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impair

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78
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to blunder

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commettre un impair

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79
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to update

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réactualiser

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reprint

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retirage (m.)

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tool-tip

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infobulle (f.)

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chicken-pox

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varicelle (f.)

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medium length (hair)

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mi-longs

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sneak, informer

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mouchard (m.)

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hazardous

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aléatoire

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contemptuous

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méprisant

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it is cloudy

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le ciel est couvert

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to dishearten, strike down, slaughter

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abattre

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s.o. without a country

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apatride

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to relax

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se détendre

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to shovel, devour

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engouffrer

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it’s awful

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c’est nul

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distasteful

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déplaisant

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(dog-) bite

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morsure (f.)

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delusion, rambling

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divagation (f.)

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to drool

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baver

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kid

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môme (m./f.)

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galley, hell

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galère (f.)

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weak, feeble

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faiblard

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fellow, chap

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bougre (m.)

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broke

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fauché

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wound

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plaie

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to yell, howl

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brailler

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mane (of hair)

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crinière (f.)

105
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to spread out

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échelonner

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herd

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troupeau (m.)

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scrounger

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écornifleur (m.)

108
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destroyed

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bousillé

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shameless

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vergogne

110
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to bounce

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rebondir

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harpoon

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arpent (m.)

112
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clock face, dial

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cadran (m.)

113
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light blue

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bleu clair

114
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to dumbfound

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ahurir

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sunset

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coucher (m.)de soleil

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bore

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casse-pieds (m.)

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too much to chose from

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l’embarras du choix

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to overwhelm with praise

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charger des louanges

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to crush

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concasser

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coveting, desire

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convoitise

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funny

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rigolo

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breakage

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la casse

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to be supposed to

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être sensé

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sister-in-law

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la belle-sœur

125
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no kidding!

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sans blague !

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to swap, exchange

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troquer

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fad, hair-brained idea

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lubie

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stingy, cheap

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chiche

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sieve, sifter

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le tamis

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whippersnapper

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freluquet

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hand fan

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évantail

132
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to snort

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renifler

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cigarette

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clope

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hook, hanger

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le crochet

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stoneware, pot

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le grès

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mouldy

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moisi

137
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it looks prcuomising

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cela s’annonce bien

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glasshouse, claw, talon

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la serre

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inch

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le pouce

140
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curly

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bouclé

141
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dressed-up

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fagoté

142
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tipsy, merry

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éméché

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to harm

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nuire à

144
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hare, pacemaker

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le lièvre

145
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to bury, hide

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ensevelir

146
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sample

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l’échantillon (m.)

147
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mate, buddy

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le pote

148
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rake, comb

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le râteau

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well-built, rough

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baraqué

150
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to engage in sophisticated banter

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marivauder

151
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pickaxe

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le pioche

152
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heart bypass surgery

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le pontage

153
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daredevil

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le casse-cou

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dull (appearance)

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terne

155
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to pad with

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capitonner

156
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rough

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rugueux

157
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meteor, fast car

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bolide

158
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fiddlesticks! nonsense!

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chansons!

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snack

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le casse-croûte

160
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to peck, tease

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picosser

161
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panicked

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affolé

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filthy

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insalubre

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to avoid

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esquiver

164
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to peel, disect

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éplucher

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honest, respectable

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aloi

166
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to gauge

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jauger

167
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cherry-tree

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le cerisier

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crimson

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cramoisi

169
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to make shambles, mess up

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cafouiller

170
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to reboot

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réinitaliser

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to slice thinly

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émincer

172
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elbow-grease, hard work

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acharnement

173
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to party

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faire la teuf

174
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punchbag

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le souffre-douleur

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delerious

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délirant

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to add credence to

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ajouter foi à

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irritating

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agaçant

178
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relentlessly

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d’arrache-pied

179
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mud

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la boue

180
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au petit matin

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au petit matin

181
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slut

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la pétasse

182
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spouse

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l’époux

183
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sly, shifty

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sournois

184
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curly

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bouclé

185
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mess, jam

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le pétrin

186
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swollen

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boursoufflé

187
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glum

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maussade

188
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babble

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le balbutier

189
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stormy

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houleux

190
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dressed up

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fagoté

191
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to dig for

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creuser pour

192
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noxious

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nocif

193
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to have a snack

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casser la croûte

194
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lapping (of water)

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le clapotis

195
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gossip, noise

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le potin

196
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sheet metal

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la tôle

197
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harmful

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nuisible

198
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doctor with a stethoscope

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l’ausculté (m.)

199
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many

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maint

200
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to screw

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visser

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