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1
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To chide
To admonish
To scold
To berate

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Gronder

Réprimander

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Chore

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Corvée

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Chunk

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Un bon morceau

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Civil servant

State employee

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Employé de l’Etat

Fonctionnaire

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Civil rights activits

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Militante pour les droits civiques

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A civilian

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Un civil

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Claimant

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Demandeur (prestations sociales)

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To claim

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Revendiquer un droit
Revendiquer un attentat, un assassinat
Détruire

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To claim that
To contend that
To argue

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Déclarer, prétendre que

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To pretend

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Faire semblant

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To disclaim

To deny

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Nier

Désavouer

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To clamp down on

To crack down on

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Serrer la vis, freiner (abus), durcir

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A clamp-down

A crack-down

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Un durcissement

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To clear

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Dégager, nettoyer

Disculper

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To keep clear of

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Tenir à l’écart de

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To make clear
Clarify
Explain
Specify

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Expliquer, préciser

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To clog (up)

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Boucher, obstruer

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Clout

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Claque (blow)

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To have clout

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Avoir de l’influence, du pouvoir politique

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Clue

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Indice, indication

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To clue sb in

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Expliquer

Informer

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Coal

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Charbon

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Charcoal

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Charbon de bois

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Coal mines, pits

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Mines

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Miners

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Mineurs

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Iron

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Fer

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Steel

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Acier

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Tin

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Étain

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Lead

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Plomb

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30
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To collapse

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S’effondrer

S’écrouler

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College

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Établissement d’enseignement supérieur

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College graduate

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Diplômé de l’enseignement supérieur

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Columnist

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Éditorialiste
Collaborateur
Chroniqueur d’un journal

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Column

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Rubrique

Chronique

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To come across

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Rencontrer qqun ou qqchose par hasard (to run into)

Faire de l’effet

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To come by

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Obtenir, svt par hasard
Rendre visite (come over/round)
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37
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To compete with

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Faire concurrence à

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38
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To be competitive

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Être compétitif

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Competition

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Concurrence

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Competitor

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Concurrent

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A competition, a competitive exam

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Concours

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To enter a competition, a contest (commercial)

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Passer un concours

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To complain

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Se plaindre

44
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A complaint

A grievance

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Doléance

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To comply with
To respect to
To obey

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Obéir à, se plier à

46
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In compliance with

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En conformité avec

47
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To compound

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Ajouter à, aggraver

48
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A compound

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Mélange, composé

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Component

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Composant

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Compunction

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Remords, scrupule

Sans scrupule = unscrupulous

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To conceal

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Cacher, dissimuler

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Concern

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Préoccupation (care, worry)

Société, affaire, maison (company)

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A going concern

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Une affaire qui marche

54
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To be concerned about, with

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Être préoccupé par, inquiet

55
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Concerning

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Concernant

56
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Concrete

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Béton

Concret

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To condone
To excuse
Disregard
To turn a blind eye to

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Excuser, accepter qqch à force de fermer les yeux sur un mal

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Conspicuous (ant. Inconspicuous)

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Qui attire les regards
Se faire marquer
Ostentatoire

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To come in for

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Être l’objet de

Subir

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To come round

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Changer d’avis, se laisser perturber

Rendre visite

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To come through

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S’en tirer

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To come to

To amount to

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Revenir à

Aboutir à

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To come up

To arise

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Se poser, se soulever

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To come up against

To run up against

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Se heurter à

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To come up with

To find

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Inventer, trouver

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To be commensurate with

Equal to

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Être égal à, de même mesure que

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To commit

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Commettre

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To commit oneself to sthg

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S’engager, se dévouer à faire quelque chose

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A commitment

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Un engagement

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Noncommital

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Qui n’engage pas

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Commodities

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Produits de base
Matières premières
Tout ce qui est utile ou nécessaire

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Foodstuffs

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Denrées alimentaires

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Staples

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Denrées de base

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Commodités

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Conveniences

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To commute

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Faire un trajet journalier

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A commuter

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Qqun qui fait un trajet journalier pour se rendre à son travail

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Commodités

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Conveniences

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Commuter train

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Train de banlieue

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To compel
To oblige
To constrain

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Contraindre, obliger, forcer

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Compelling

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Prenant

Irrésistible

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A compelling, impressive, awesome performance

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Un spectacle prenant

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Compulsory
Required
(Ant. Optional)

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Obligatoire

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Compensation

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Dédommagement, indemnité

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To compensate for

To make up for

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Compenser

85
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To come in for

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Être l’objet de

Subir

86
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To come round

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Changer d’avis, se laisser perturber

Rendre visite

87
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To come through

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S’en tirer

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To come to

To amount to

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Revenir à

Aboutir à

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To come up

To arise

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Se poser, se soulever

90
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To come up against

To run up against

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Se heurter à

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To come up with

To find

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Inventer, trouver

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To be commensurate with

Equal to

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Être égal à, de même mesure que

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To commit

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Commettre

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To commit oneself to sthg

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S’engager, se dévouer à faire quelque chose

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A commitment

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Un engagement

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Noncommital

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Qui n’engage pas

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Commodities

A

Produits de base
Matières premières
Tout ce qui est utile ou nécessaire

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Foodstuffs

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Denrées alimentaires

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Staples

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Denrées de base

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Commodités

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Conveniences

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To commute

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Faire un trajet journalier

102
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A commuter

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Qqun qui fait un trajet journalier pour se rendre à son travail

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Commodités

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Conveniences

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Commuter train

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Train de banlieue

105
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To compel
To oblige
To constrain

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Contraindre, obliger, forcer

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