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1
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Rétrogradation

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Demotion

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Étancher

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To quench

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Gros morceau, grosse tranche

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Chunk

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Gros tas (péj)

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Chunk

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Couper en grosses tranches, dés

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To chunk

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Échoué, bloqué, coincé

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Stranded

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Musclé, baraqué

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Brawny

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marque de fabrique, sceau, caractéristique principale

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Hallmark

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Coup de chance extraordinaire

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Fluke

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Sincère, qui vient du fond du cœur

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Heartfelt

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Plein d’autodérision

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Self-deprecating

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Trébucher

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To stumble

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Trier

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To sort

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Emmêlé, enchevêtré, entortillé

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Tangled-up

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Lance-pierre

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Sling

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Désordre, pagaille

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Clutter

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Effleurer, Frôler

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To brush

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L’angle, la perspective

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The lens

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Vigilant, attentif

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Watchful

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Vigilance, attention

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Watchfulness

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Décourager, dissuader

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To deter

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Évaluer, jauger, Estimer, expertiser

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To assess

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Évaluation, estimation

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Assessment

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Le battements du cœur

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The pounding of the heart

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Domestiquer, apprivoiser, dompter

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To tame

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Idée générale, sens général

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Gist

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Lutin, farfadet

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Leprechaun

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Tatou

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Armadillo

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Snob, hautain, arrrogant

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Hoity-toity

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Pellicule

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Dandruff, dandruff flake

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Breveté, privé

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Proprietary

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Coin reculé, trou paumé, cambrousse,

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Backwater

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Temps mort, coupure, pause

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Time out

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34
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Fermeture définitive

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Closedown

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Éblouissant, sensationnel, stupéfiant,

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Stunning

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Témoin, spectateurs

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Bystander

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Poteau, Piquet, Bûcher, pieu

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Stake

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Mise,enjeu

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The stakes

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Engloutir

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To engulf

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Sommet, apogée

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Apex

41
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Voyage, parcours, trajet

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Haul

42
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Fini, clos, limité

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Finite

43
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Confusion, perplexité

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Bewilderment

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Envisager

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To contemplate

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Tirer à pile ou face

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To toss

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Réconfort

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Reassurance

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Pagaie

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Paddle

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À la pointe de

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At the cutting edge of

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Épuisé, exténué

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Drained

50
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Taper dans le 1000, mettre dans le 1000

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To nail it

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Agacer, irriter

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To irk

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Tollé

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Outcry

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Inexploré

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Uncharted

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Arnaque

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Hustle

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Imprévisible, incohérent, irrégulier

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Erratic

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Cohérent

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Consistent

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Flou, indistinct

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Blurry

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Bouleversement

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Upheaval

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Entonnoir

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Funnel

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Avec hésitation

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Tentatively

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Provisoirement, temporairement

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Tentatively

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Expert

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Maven

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Manque (de), Pénurie

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Scarcity

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Marge de sécurité

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Leeway

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Oindre

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To Anoint

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Se dérober

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To cop out

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Boucan, raffut, désordre, grabuge, chaos

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Ruckus

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Situation embarrassante, situation délicate

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Predicament

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Cigogne

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Stork

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Approbation, soutien

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Endorsement

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Mettre en caisse, en cageot

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To crate

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Distribuer, émettre, remettre,

Se Plaindre

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To give out

73
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Ficher la trouille

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To scare the bejabers out of (…bejesus…)

74
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Gercer, se gercer

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To chap

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Type, mec, gars

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Chap

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Vision négative, pessimisme

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Doom and gloom, gloom and doom

77
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De premier ordre, Excellent

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Top-notch

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Maîtriser, exploiter

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To harness

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Isolant, isolation

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Insulation

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Se pointer, arriver

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To show up

81
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Résultats annexes, corollaire, sous-produit, produit dérivé

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Byproduct

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à la dérive

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Adrift

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Tailler, sculpter, découper,

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To carve

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Avoir envie de, aspirer à

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To yearn for

85
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Vérifier, établir, déterminer

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To ascertain

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