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Se précipiter

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To scramble

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Partisan

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Proponent

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Brouiller

Crypter

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To scramble

To encrypt

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Dévoué, loyal, fervent, fidèle

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Staunch

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Étancher, contenir

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To staunch

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Bleu, contusion

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Bruise

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Assagi, calmé

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Chastened

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Tireur, tireur d’élite

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Marksman

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Adresse au tir, habilité au tir

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Marksmanship

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Jouer à rapporter la balle

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To play fetch

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Va chercher !

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Go fetch!

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Aller chercher, rapporter

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To fetch

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Se vendre (price)

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To fetch

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Appeler, faire venir

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To summon

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Baume, pommade

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Salve

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Salve

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Salvo

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Crise de larmes

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Outburst

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Calmer, soulager, apaiser

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To salve

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Vieille bagnole, vieille caisse

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Clunker

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Teinte, nuance

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Tinge, hint

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Ironique, narquois

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Wry

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Chatouiller

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To tickle

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Travailler dur, peiner

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To toil

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Fournée, lot, groupe

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Batch

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Fuite

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Leak

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Prétendument

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Allegedly

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Commotion cérébrale

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Concussion

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En baisse, décroissant, de moins en moins fort, en diminution

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Dwindling, lessening

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Dilution (liquid), coupe (alcohol), éclaircissement (forest), diminution (crowd)

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Thinning

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Réconfort, source de réconfort

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Solace

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Coup de coude

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Dig

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Pique, critique, remarque désobligeante

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Dig

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Baigné, trempé

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Drenched

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Trempé par la pluie

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Rain-drenched

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Ensanglanté

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Blood-drenched

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Être trempé

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To get drenched

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Tisser

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To weave, I wove, woven

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Survêtement

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Track suit

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Fais comme tu veux !

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Suit yourself!

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Tenue d’Adam

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Birthday suit

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Maillot de bain

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Bathing suit, swimming suit

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Costume d’apiculteur

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Bee suit

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Combinaison spatiale

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Space suit

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Armure

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Suit of armour (armor)

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Combinaison de ski

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Snow suit

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Goutte de rosée

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Dewdrop

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Interprétation (version or performance)

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Rendition

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Traduction (interprète)

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Rendition

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Accalmie, trou, blanc

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Lull

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Endormir doucement

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To lull to sleep

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Endormir en donnant un faux sentiment

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To lull into

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Morne, gris, ennuyeux

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Dreary

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Faire des réflexions à quelqu’un
Critiquer constamment quelqu’un
Être constamment sur le dos de quelqu’un

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To nag (at)

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Canasson, vieux cheval

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Nag

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Rouspèteur, rouspèteuse, mégère

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Nag, nagger

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Turlupiner, ronger, travailler

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To nag

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Queue écourtée

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Bobtail

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Tenue, vêtements, atours

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Attire

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Lieu de travail

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Workplace

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Alléger, atténuer, réduire

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To mitigate

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Mutation

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Assignment

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Voler en éclats, faire voler en éclats

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To shatter

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Pivoter

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To swivel

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Renonciation, dispense

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Waiver

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Manger rapidement, engloutir

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To gobble

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Glouglouter (Turkey)

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To gobble

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Crédule, candide, naïf

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Gullible

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Naïveté, ingénuité

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Gullibility, naivety

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Ingéniosité

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Ingenuity, cleverness

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Cadence, allure, vitesse, rythme

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Pace

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Carrément, complètement, totalement, entièrement

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Altogether

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En tout

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Altogether

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Somme toute, en fin de compte

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Altogether

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Mis au rancart, abandonné

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Scrapped

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Se bagarrer

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To scrap

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Laisser tomber, renoncer à, abandonner

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To scrap

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Secouer, choquer

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To jolt

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Choc, électrochoc

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Jolt

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Leçon d’humilité

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Humbling experience

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Gencives

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Gums

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Détective privé

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Gumshoe

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Anesthésie

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Anesthesia, anaesthesia

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Sain et sauf

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Safe and sound

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Médecin

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Physician

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Crottin, bouse, fumier

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Dung

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Accablant, écrasant

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Overwhelming

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Marmonnement, grommellement

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Muttering

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Marmonner, bredouiller, bafouiller

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To mutter

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Sciure

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Sawdust

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Tirer vers le bas
Entacher (réputation)
Saper (moral)

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To drag down

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Faire fuir, effrayer, chasser, mettre en fuite

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To scare away

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Dissuader, décourager qqn de faire qqc

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To scare sb away from doing sth

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