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Dénudé

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Stripped

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Endommager , abimer

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To harm

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Espoir, perspective, chance

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Prospect

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Boiteux, estropie, éclopé

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Lame

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Un petit avantage

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An edge, a slight edge

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Une fois encore

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Yet again

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Ce n’est pas mon habitude

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It’s not my policy

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Revendiquer

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To stake out, to claim, to assert

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Imminent

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Looming

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Important, éminent, marquant

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Prominent

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Proéminent, protubérant

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Jutting

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Sordide, exécrable, de mauvais goût

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Tawdry

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Lancer, jeter violemment

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To hurl

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Passer sa colère

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To vent one’s anger

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Se liguer contre quelqu’un

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To gang on sbdy, to gang against sbdy

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chiffonner, froisser

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to scrunch

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étrange, bizarre, anormal

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freakish

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rôter

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to belch

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bien considérer

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to think through

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le carrelage

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the tile

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un assouplissant

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a fabric softener

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orignal, élan

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moose

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une étreinte

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a hug

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infirme (injurieux)

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spaz, spazz

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une mousse, une bière

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suds

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petite culotte

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underpants

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jugement personnel

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judgement call

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grignotter

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to nibble

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belette

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weasel

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lentilles de contact

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lens

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pyjamas (children languages)

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jammies

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tapageur, chahuteur, turbulent

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rambunctious

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déchirer, mettre en pièce, éreinter

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to rip apart

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peiner, chagriner

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to grieve

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ça me rend dingue

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it burns me up

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36
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Regarde ça

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Check it out

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avoir de la peine, du chagrin

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to grieve

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prendre son pied

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to blow one’s mind

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39
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Tu n’es pas prêt pour ça

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You’re not up to this

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à tombeau ouvert

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at breakneck speed

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tenir bon

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to tough in out

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42
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Je n’aime plus le whisky

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I’m off whisky

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N’importe quoi !

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Hogwash!

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jouer au dur

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to talk tough, to act tough

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45
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On doit partir

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We’d better be off

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surnommer

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to dub, I dubbed, dubbed

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la taille, le tour de taille

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the waist

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faire un signe de la tête

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to nod

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mousse (écume ou polystyrène)

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foam

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tablier

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apron

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une situation difficile

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A predicament

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cabossé

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dented

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53
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somnoler

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to nod

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54
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someiller

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to doze

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s’assoupir, s’endormir

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to nod off

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étourdissant, stupéfiant, renversant, sidérant

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stunning

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BCBG

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preppy, preppie

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rougeoiement, lueur, embrasement

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glow

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palet de hockey

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puck

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une manoeuvre

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a maneuver

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une bagarre

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a rough-house

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une râclée, une peignée

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a bashing

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tirer une bouffée

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to take a puff

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l’agitation, le trouble, le chaos

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the turmoil

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en mauvaise santé, malade

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ailing

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bricoler

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to fiddle

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soutenir

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to prop up

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d’aujourd’hui

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latter-day

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inclination, penchant, tendance

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leaning

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attaquer, s’en prendre à

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to set on

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sanglier

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boar, wild boar

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plouc, péquenaud

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bumpkin, country bumpkin

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monter à cheval

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to mount

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pavé

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cobblestone

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galet, caillou

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pebble

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don de faire des trouvailles

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serendipity

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contradiction, désaccord, divergence

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Discrepancy

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un verre que l’on prend le soir

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a sundowner

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poussée, augmentation, accès, ruée, houle, surtension, vague

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surge

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caisse pour le chat

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litter tray

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famille

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kin

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tour de passe-passe

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sleight of hand

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tiède, mitigé

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lukewarm

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un banc de poisson

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a shoal of fish

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avoir des frissons

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to feel shivery

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appauvrir

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to impoverish

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confier

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to entrust

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apprendre quelquechose par coeur

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to commit something to memory

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obstination, entêtement, opiniâtreté

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stubborness

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déconcerter

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to confound

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conclure, régler (un contrat, un deal)

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to wrap up

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défaut

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shortcoming

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se tapir, se cacher, menacer, persister, rôder

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to lurk

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éblouissant

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dazzling

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mouvement précipité

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dash

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féodal

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feudal

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présager, annoncer

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to foreshadow

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donner un grand coup

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to swipe

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carnage, massacre, effusion de sang

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bloodshed

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mêlée, bagarre, lutte, dispute

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tussle

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Les affres

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The throe

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À cet égard, en cela

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Therein

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S’attarder sur, s’appesantir sur, penser sans cesse à

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To dwell on, to dwell upon

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Lutin, farfadet

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Puck

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Contrefaçon

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Forgery

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Évangile

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Gospel

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Ébauche

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Draft

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À paraître, prochain

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Forthcoming

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Mobiliser , enrôler, faire appel à

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To enlist

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Soutenir, étayer

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To buttress

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Rapidement

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Apace

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Ruisseau

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Stream, creek (us)

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Noix, noyer

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Walnut

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Pinède

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Spruce grove

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Souillon

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Slob

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En désordre

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Messy

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Prêter

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To lend

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Billet de retard

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Late slip

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Lieu de réunion

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Meeting venue

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Inégalable, hors pair

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Unmatched

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Vedette

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All-star

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Chic, élégant, classe

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Nifty

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Mettre en péril, menacer

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To jeopardise

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Faire le plein

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To fill up

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Toit en tuile

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Tile roof

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Gouttière

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Gutter, drainpipe

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les dents serrées

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between clenched teeth

128
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crème hydratante

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moisturizer

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Mal organisé

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haphazard

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avec désinvolture, nonchalamment

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casually

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éparpiller, parsemer, joncher

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to strew, I strewed, strewn

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vide

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vacuum

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n’importe quand, à tout moment

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whenever

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rusé, fourbe

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tricky

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placeur, placeuse

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usher

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Herse

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Harrow

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Impasse, blocage

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Deadlock

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Remuer, mélanger

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To stir

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dorloter, choyer

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To pamper

140
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Lit superposé, couchette

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Bunk (bed)

141
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des talons

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Heel, heels

142
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se renverser, se répandre (liquid, salt, crowd)

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to spill

143
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Je n’ai pas un rond

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I haven’t got a bean

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bourré, pété, défoncé, raide (familiar uk)

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mashed

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bosse (bump)

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lump

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miser (aux cartes)

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to chip in

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ça tu peux le dire! Tu l’as dit bouffi! (us)

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You said a mouthfull

148
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À prix réduit

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Cut-rate

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Fortuit, accidentel

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Casual

150
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Mélangé

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Mingling

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