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Imitation

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Mimic, imitation, impersonation, impression

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Lutin, fée espiègle, fée malicieuse

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Pixie

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Incertain, douteux, tangent

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Iffy

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Propice, favorable

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Auspicious

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Jour après jour

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Day in, day out

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Déborder (liquid)

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To spill over

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Bouc (beard)

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Goatee

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Virilité

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Manliness

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Féminité

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Womanliness

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Grandement, cruellement, extrêmement, énormément

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Sorely

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Comme toujours

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As ever

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Dessin

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Drawing

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Bricoler

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To tinker (with)

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À vie
De toute une vie
De toujours, de longue date

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Lifelong

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Embêter, ennuyer (harceler)

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To pester

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La peste

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The plague

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Au milieu de

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Amid, among, in the midst of

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Probabilité, vraissemblance

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Likelihood

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Éblouissant, sensationnel, magnifique,

Stupéfiant

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Stunning

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Défaite

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Upset

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De base, essentiel

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Staple

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En cas d’imprévu

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If something crops up

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Sectaire

Intolérant

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Bigoted

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Insulte, affront

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Slur

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Contre-plaqué

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Plywood

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Multi-couches

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Multi-ply

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Atelier

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Workshop

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Participer, prendre part (à)

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To partake (in)

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Extrascolaire

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Extracurricular

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Légère hausse

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Uptick

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Se dépêcher, se hâter

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To hasten

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Précipiter (to make come sooner)

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To hasten

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Respectueux de la loi

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Law-abiding

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Cachette

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Hideout

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Entraîné, impliqué

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Embroiled

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Contrecarrer, repousser

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To thwart

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Saboter

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To sabotage

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Merder

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To fuck up

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Bousiller, foutre en l’air

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To fuck up

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Manque, pénurie

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Shortage

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Boulons et écrous
Rouages, fonctionnement, principes de fonctionnement.
Rudiments, détails pratiques

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Nuts and bolts

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Friandise

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Treat

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Comestible, mangeable

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Edible

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Analogue, apparenté

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Akin

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Mou, ramolli

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Mushy

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Très fleur bleue, à l’eau de rose, à la guimauve

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Mushy

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Pourrir

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To rot

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Libéré sur parole, mis en liberté conditionnelle

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Paroled

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Fuir

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To flee, I fled, fled

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Avoir des Ennuis avec la justice

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To fell afoul of the law

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Se brouiller avec quelqu’un

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To run afoul of

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Mettre en rang

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To line up

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Coupable, accusé

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Culprit

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Déchargé, soulagé d’un poids, libéré d’un poids

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Unburdened

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Égout

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Sewer

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Sous-bois, broussailles

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Undergrowth

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Fente, fissure

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Cranny

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Coin, recoin

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Nook

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Partie de jambes en l’air

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Nooky

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Quasiment du jamais vu

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Almost unheard of

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Être en dessous de (fig.)

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To fall short of

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Établissement, équipement, installation, complexe

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Facility

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Insinuation

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Implication

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Sournois, fourbe

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Underhanded

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Servitude, esclavage

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Thrall

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Moyen (médiocre)

Couci couça

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So-so

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Recommencer

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To start over

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Dédaigneux, méprisant

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Dismissive

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Exciter la foule

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To whip the crowd into a frenzy

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Tout-terrain

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Off-road

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Livre de développement personnel

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Self-help book

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Ventre plat, tablettes de chocolat

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Flat abs

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Friandise

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Tidbit

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Information

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Tidbit

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Désordre, pagaille

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Clutter

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Encombrer

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To clutter up

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Mettre en désordre

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To clutter

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Délabré, décrépit

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Dilapidated

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Bon d’échange

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Voucher

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Duvet

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Down

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Taie d’oreiller

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Pillow case

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Querelle

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Feud

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Arriéré

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Backward

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Retard culturel ou mental

Sous développement

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Backwardness

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En accord, en adéquation, cohérent avec

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Consistent with

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Pompe (exercice)

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Push-up

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Flasque

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Flabby

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Dramaturge

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Playwright

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Graisse, lubrifiant

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Grease

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Lubrifier

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To grease

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Mécano

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Grease monkey

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Motard, bikeur (dated slang)

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Greaser

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Négligent

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Lax

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Décharge interdite

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No dumping

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Triste, sinistre, lugubre, menaçant

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Grim

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Modérément, légèrement, passablement

Avec douceur

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Mildly

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Sweat à capuche

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Hoodie

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Herbe à chat

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Catnip, catmint

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Charlatan, imposteur

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Faker

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Crédule, candide, naïf

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Gullible

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Estimation, évaluation, appréciation (how much money)

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Appraisal

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Vaniteux, arrogant, orgueilleux, suffisant, prétentieux, imbu de soi

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Conceited

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Énorme, monstre (slang)

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Whopping

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Économie libérale

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Laissez-faire economy

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Belliciste (noun)

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Warmonger

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Belliciste (adj.)

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Warmongering

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Robuste

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Rugged

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Néfaste, nuisible, préjudiciable

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Detrimental

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Paroisse

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Parish

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Maire

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Mayor

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Fertiliser, féconder

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To impregnate

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Génial, super, qui déchire

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Rad

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Mégère

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Hellcat, shrew

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Moudre, broyer, hacher

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To grind

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Ranger

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To tidy

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Sanctuaire, haut lieu

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Shrine

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Foutre une raclée à

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To beat the shit out of

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Prêcher un converti

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To preach to the choir

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Supposer, partir du principe que

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To assume

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Accident mortel

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Fatality

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En herbe

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Aspiring

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Tractopelle, pelleteuse

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Backhoe

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Idée originale, idée personnelle, invention personnelle, trouvaille personnelle

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Brainchild

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Naître de l’imagination de

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To be the brain child of

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Dépeindre, décrire

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To depict

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Cargo

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Freighter

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Grand vent, coup de vent, vent violent

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Gale

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Dénoncer à la police

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To turn in

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Stage en entreprise

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Internship

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Interne (med.), stagiaire

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Intern

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Faire son internat

Faire un stage

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To intern

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Croisement entre races

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Miscegenation

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Lectorat

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Readership

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Prrtt!

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To blow a raspberry

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Amateur

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Dabbler

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S’essayer à, tâter en dilletante

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To dabble

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Pioche (tool)

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Pick

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Choix

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Pick

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Boulot pénible, répétitif, train-train

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Grind

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Ultime effort

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Last-ditch effort, last-ditch

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Fossé

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Ditch

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Abandonner, laisser tomber

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To ditch

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Gérer

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To cope with

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Surmonter, s’en sortir, lutter, se battre

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To cope

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Décroître, diminuer progressivement

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To wane

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Domaine de compétences

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Scope of practice

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Fait sur mesure

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Bespoke

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Couramment

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Commonly, frequently

Fluently

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C’est très sérieux

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It’s heavy

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