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flying spark

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une flammèche

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powdering

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poudroiement

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millimetric

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millimétrique

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to welcome

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accueillir

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panting

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pantelant

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unbelieving

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incrédule

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to exaggerate

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exagérer

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wrapped; trimmed with ribbon

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enrubanné

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sparkling

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scintillant

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flattering

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flatteur

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encounter

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une rencontre

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at the bottom of the hole

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au fond du trou

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firefly

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la luciole

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nested

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niché

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to walk around in circles

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tourner en rond

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backing up

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en reculant

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to appear

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paraître

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at someone’s mercy

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à la merci de qn

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to aspire to

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aspirer à

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as much as…

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autant

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to unroll

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dérouler

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to get ahead of

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devancer

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spilled glass

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un verre renversé

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troublesome

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importun

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informality

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le tutoiement

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to sail

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voguer

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quietly ironic

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goguenarde

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mocking

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goguenard(e)

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neutral

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neutre

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bar

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un bistro

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for ages

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depuis des lustres

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den; lair

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une tanière

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all the more so because

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d’autant que

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sofa

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le canapé

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to uncorck

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déboucher

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from then on

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dès lors

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to mention

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évoquer

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to become embedded in

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s’incruster dans

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flesh

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la chair

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burst

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une effusion

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rememberance

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la commémoration

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oat, punch

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une avoine

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blissful

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béat

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feeder

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la mangeoire

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anguish

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une angoisse

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shiver

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le frisson

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pinch

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un pincement

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bite

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la morsure

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to disappoint

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décevoir

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to roam around

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rôder

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amongst

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parmi

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to darken

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obscurcir

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corner

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le recoin

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excuse

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le prétexte

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family home

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le foyer conjugal

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tasting

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dégustant

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to twinkle

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clignoter

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wedding ring

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une alliance

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to hang over sb

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peser sur qn

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stable

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une étable

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hay

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le foin

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to expose oneself to

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s’exposer à

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to beg for

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quémander

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alas; unfortunately

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hélas

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burden

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le fardeau

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overwhelming

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accablant

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neglected

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délaissé

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worn out

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usé

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debt-ridden

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perclus de dettes

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to bow to the evidence

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se rendre à l’évidence

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to omit, to leave out

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omettre

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vessel

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le vaisseau

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harbour

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la rade

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populated

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peuplé

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appearance

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une apparition

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ink

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une encre

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unveiled

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sans voile

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to cheer up

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égayer

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frame

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un cadre

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to catch on

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accrocher

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to create; to arouse

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susciter

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breakdown

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une banne

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to have broken down

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être en panne

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in the open countryside

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en rase campagne

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to charter

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affréter

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panic-stricken

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affolé

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dreamlike

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onirique

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scarcely

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ne … guère

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sworn enemy

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un ennemi juré

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nearly

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quasiment

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to knit

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tricoter

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thread

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un fil

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hank

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un écheveau

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wild idea

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un délire

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to surprise

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surprendre

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to sketch

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esquisser

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taken away

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exfiltré

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to end up

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échouer

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left to oneself

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livré à soi-même

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to feel

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éprouver

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cloister

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un cloître

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mass grave

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un charnier

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shelter

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un abri

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trench

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une tranchée

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unreliable

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sujet à caution

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cog, gearwheel

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un rouage

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the underground

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les organisations clandestines

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sphere of influence

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la mouvance

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pulse

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le pouls

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to be headed for trouble

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filer un mauvais coton

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wild

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effréné

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to bombard sb with

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assaillir qn de

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improbability

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une ivraisemblance

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story-teller

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un conteur

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around

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dans les pattes

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to brighten sth up with

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agrémenter qch de

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brass band

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une fanfare

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following, according to

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au gré

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to wander off the subject

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s’égarer

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illegitimate

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illégitime

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unexpected

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inattendu

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and so on

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ainsi de suite

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play fool to achieve one’s ends

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faire l’âne pour avoir du son

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little scheme

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manigance

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to pick up

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reprendre

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to recruit

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embrigader

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to dump; pour out

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déverser

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supposed to

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être censé

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to get to a place

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rejoindre

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without knowing

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à l’insu de

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running away

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une fugue

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surrounded by

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entouré de

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to shake up

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secouer

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escape

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la cavale

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on the run

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en cavale

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to drag someone

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entraîner

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overexcited

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surexcité

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to keep sb waiting

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faire languir qn

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to get hired

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se faire embaucher

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first, beforehand

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auparavant

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in the absence of

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à défaut de

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to have passion for

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se passionner pour

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piracy

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le piratage

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exceeding

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le dépassement

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to bet

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parier

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to reveal oneself

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se révéler

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self-proclaim

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autoproclamer

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ruling

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régnant

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herd

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un troupeau

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idle

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oisif

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paid for by

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aux frais de

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to pull through

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s’en sortir

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that is how

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c’est ainsi que

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to achieve, to manage

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parvenir à

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to cross

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franchir

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dam

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le barrage

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target

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la cible

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booby-trapped

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piégé

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to engage

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enclencher

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blinking

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le clignotement

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fantastic

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mirobolant

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to wallow in

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se vautrer dans

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to booby-trap

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piéger

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bulky, inconvenient

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encombrant

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damange

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le dégât

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dreadful

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affreux

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unforeseen

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imprévu

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ammunition

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les munitions

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it is not a matter of

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il ne s’agit pas de

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to go without

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se passer de

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shooting range

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stand de tir

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to align

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aligner

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gravelly

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graveleux

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shaved

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rasé

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stinky

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puant

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criminal records

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dossiers criminels

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surveillance

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la filature

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phone-tapping

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une écoute téléphonique

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however, it’s her indeed

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c’est pourtant bien elle

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to turn

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orienter

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training

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la formation

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to show up

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se montrer

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efficient

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efficace

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to delay doing

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tarder à faire

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to get, to obtain

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procurer

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to make more attractive

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s’embellir

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to clean sb up

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faire la toilette de qn

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flask

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un flacon

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to flow

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circuler

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to join, to mix with

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se mêler à

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dial

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le cadran

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at the beside of; in the support of

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au chevet de

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to pull

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tirer

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pillow

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un oreiller

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commonplace

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le banal

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kindness

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la bonté

197
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all the same

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tout de même

198
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to revive

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ressusciter

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heartbreak

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le déchirement

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oppression

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la suffocation

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punishment

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le châtiment

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oath

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le serment

203
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to bury

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ensevelir

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to bend

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courber

205
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spine; backbone

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une échine

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toll

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le péage

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to access

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accéder à

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care

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la garde

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to track down

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dénicher

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away on a trip

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en déplacement

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aerial

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aérien

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in keeping

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à l’avenant

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gift

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un don

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presence

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la prestance

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noticeable

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repérable

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to write up

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rédiger

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brave

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vaillant

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to bump into

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croiser

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soundness

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bien-fondé

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in addition

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en prime

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stiffness

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la raideur

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premature

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précoce

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of genuine worth

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de bon aloi

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to fulfil

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combler

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beforehand

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auparavant

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