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1
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to settle down

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s’installer

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metal-tipped

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ferré

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feverish

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fiévreux

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short

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ras

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thin

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clairsemé

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to wait

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patienter

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to bunker

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metter en soute

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row

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le rang

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seat

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le siège

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cross one’s legs

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croiser les jambes

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gloomy

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morne

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a parade, protest

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un défilé

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cereal

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céréalier

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wind

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une éolienne

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similar

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semblable

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under cover; or underground

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dans la clandestinité

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gap

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un écart

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final

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sans recours

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with difficulty

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péniblement

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wandering

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une errance

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serene

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serein

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comfort

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le confort

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half-open

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entrouvert

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start

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le démarrage

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doze off

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s’assoupir

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meadow

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le pré

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grassland

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la prairie

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sloping gently

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en pente douce

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to raise oneself

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se dresser

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fleece

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la toison

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swaying

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ondulant

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bird song

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le ramage

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to spread

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se répandre

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as

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au fur et à mesure que

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calf

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le mollet

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spongy

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spongieux

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mist

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la brume

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twilight

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le crépuscule

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dreading

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redoutant

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to snatch

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happer

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sphere

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la sphère

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obscure; mysterious

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ténébreux

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to sink

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s’enfoncer

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deeply

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profondément

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foam

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la mousse

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saturated with water

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gorgé d’eau

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distract

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distraire

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to clutter; to block

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encombrer

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to slow down

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ralentir

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viscous; slimy

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visqueux

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brightness

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une clarté

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to originate from

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émaner de

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rowing boat

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une barque

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to spin

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filer

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driven

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piloté

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scull

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la godille

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level

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le niveau

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lisse

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smooth

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to devour

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engloutir

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half-light; darkness

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la pénombre

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ripple

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la ride

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to cut through the water

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fendre l’eau

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spontaneously

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spontanément

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slowness

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la lenteur

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briefness

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la brièveté

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route

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le trajet

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lightness

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la clarté

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to gush out, to spurt out

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jaillir

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line

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un trait

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frank

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franc

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slope

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la pente

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become more marked

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s’accentuer

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to push one’s way through

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se frayer un chemin

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steps

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les perrons

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float

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flotter

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to skim through

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parcourir

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on the ground floor

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au rez-de-chaussée

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floor

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le plancher

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a moan

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un gémissement

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impact, collision

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un choc

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to revolve

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graviter

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beam

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une poutre

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to hang

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pendre

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to prowl, to wander around

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rôder

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to rush at

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se précipiter sur

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lukewarm

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tiède

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to bob about

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se balancer

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draft

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un courant d’air

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to loosen, to release

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desserrer

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grip

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une étreinte

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to let go; to leave behind

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lâcher

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crib

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le berceau

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steam, mist

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la buée

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to speed

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filer

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shade

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un ombrage

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plane tree

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le platane

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call out to one another

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s’interpeller

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scaffolding

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un échafaudage

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in a hurry

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pressé

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gate

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un portail

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little garden

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un jardinet

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to snatch

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happer

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there remains

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il en reste

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sticky

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poisseux

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hamlet

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un hameau

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desolate

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désolé

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drag oneself

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se traîner

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entretenu

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kept

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to maintain

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entretenir

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main trunk roads

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grands axes

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roadblock; dam

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le barrage

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to prevent

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empêcher

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to demand

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exiger

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in the front

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à l’avant

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to play chess

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jour aux échecs

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chessboard

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un échiquier

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event

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une péripétie

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to broadcast

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transmettre

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partner

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un compagnon

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misfortune

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une infortune

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telephone network

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le réseau téléphonique

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to put away

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mettre à l’écart

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to go away

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éloigner

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job

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le métier

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to give birth

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enfanter

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dazzling

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éblouissant

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impenetrable

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impénétrable

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eyebrow

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un sourcil

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to break down

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tomber en panne

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lost, godforsaken

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paumé

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to get free

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se dégager

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mayor

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le maire

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to declare

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décréter

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coating

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un couchage

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dining hall

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un réfectoire

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playground

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le préau

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sheepish

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penaud

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discourage

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décourager

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courtyard

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la cour

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lime tree

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un tilleul

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mattress

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le matelas

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to pin someone against something

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plaquer

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trunk

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un tronc

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to moan

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gémir

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to come from

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provenir de