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to save time or money

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épargner

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to finish

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s’achever

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chirping

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un pépiement

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distraught

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affolé

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a rail bird

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un râle

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a groan

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un râle

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moan

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le gémissement

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complaint

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une plainte

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the relief

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la relève

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to urge

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presser

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to clear

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vider

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overflow

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déborder

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if you don’t mind

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si tu n’y vois pas d’inconvénient

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see off

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raccompagner

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undercover

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clandestin

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incarnate

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s’incarner

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christian

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chrétien

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lurking

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tapi

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cave; lair

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un antre

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contemplate

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contempler

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around

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alentour

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breast

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la poitrine

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welcoming

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accueillant

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do not get mad

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ne te fâche pas

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flaming

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enflammé

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to release

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relâcher

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to remove

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retirer

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claw, pliers

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la pince

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constrain

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constaindre

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spurt; gush

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jaillissement

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lava

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la lave

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rascal

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le coquin

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unfaithful

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volage

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wallpaper, tapestry

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la tapisserie

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insinuate

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insinuer

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reliever

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un consolateur

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spontaneously

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spontanément

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unwrap, unpack

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déballer

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midwife

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une accoucheuse

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enough of this…

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trêve de

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a bit of

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un brin de

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to pass the baton

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passer le relais

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long

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allongé

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curve

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la courbe

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henceforward

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désormais

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to stare wide-eyed

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écarquiller les yeux

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in secret

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en cachette

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to crash

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écraser

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except

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hormis

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sur le tas

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on the job

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carefully

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soigneusement

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amongst

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parmi

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silly young girl

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une midinette

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straightaway

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d’emblée

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reign

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le règne

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fuel-fired

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à combustion

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la foudre

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lightning

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slow

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lent

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flash

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un éclair

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so spread; to display

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se déployer

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in slow motion

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au ralenti

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to spreak

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répandre

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shivering

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secoué

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rumbling

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le roulement

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truthfulness

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la véracité

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clever

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calé

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to hold forth

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pérorer

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bird cage

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la volière

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wordy

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verbeux

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wave

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une onde

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speed

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une allure

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uncalled-for

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déplacé

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ferociously

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férocement

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to desert

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délaisser

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to give into something

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se livrer à qch

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in the harbour of

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en rade

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a vessel

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un vaisseau

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escapee

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échappé

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light

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léger

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high-heels

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chaussures à talons

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to lift

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soulever

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swell

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une houle

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ship

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le navire

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to fail

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échouer

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chest

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le torse

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unconscious

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inconscient

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to knock over; to spill

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renverser

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a half glass

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une demi-verre

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stable

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inaltérable

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immediately afterwards

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dans la foulée

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so much

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tant d

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drunkennes

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une ivresse

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to ruino oneself

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s’abîmer

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waves, flood

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les flots

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bitter

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amer

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to smash against

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se fracasser sur

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small-minded

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mesquin

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day of waiting

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un jour d’attente

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concern

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une inquiétude

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kindred; close

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complice

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to strive

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s’ingénier

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over the years

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au fil des ans

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clear

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limpide

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haven

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un havre

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crack

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le craquement

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to shelter

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abriter

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twice locked

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à double tour

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chest, like a box

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un coffre

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mouthful

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gorgé

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cupboard

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une armoire

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overflowing

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débordante

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attic

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un grenier

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cluttered

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encombré

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a corpse

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un cadavre

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a roommate

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un colocataire

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calm

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imperturbable

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to rattle off

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égrener

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to unwind

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dérouler

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to weaken

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faiblir

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ridge

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la crête

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breathless

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essoufflé

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don’t worry

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ne t’en fais pas

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storyteller

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le conteur

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bard

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un aède

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feverish

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fébrile

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nightingale

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le rossignol

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blackbird

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le merle

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little face

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le minois

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to do a vanishing act

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s’éclipser

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glimmer

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la lueur

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perler

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to form in droplets

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corner of the mouth

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la commissure des lèvres

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to swear

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jurer

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narrative

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un récit

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to start

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entamer

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unrecognizable

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méconnaissable

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interfere

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s’immiscer