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Traitre (adj)

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Treacherous

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Vaciller, trembler (about electricity)

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To flicker

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Maintes fois (soutenu)

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Oftentimes

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Ruban

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Ribbon

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Brassard

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Armband

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Bracelet

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Wristband

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Effusion de soutien

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Outpouring of support

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Pur

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Pure, sheer

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Complet, total, absolu, parfait

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Utter

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La plus grande confusion

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Complete and utter confusion

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Dans le dénûment le plus total

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In utter destitution

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Obscurité totale

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Utter darkness

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Audace, culot, toupet

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Chutzpah

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Afficher, placarder

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To post, to put up, to stick up

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Je leur tire mon chapeau

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My hat’s off to them

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Gros morceau, grosse tranche

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Chunk

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Jugeote

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Savvy

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Perpétuer

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To carry on, to perpetuate

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Se perpétuer

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To carry on, to continue

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Négligé

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Slovenly, unkempt, untidy

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Bâclé, fait à la va-vite

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Slovenly

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De mauvaise qualité

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Shoddy

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Lugubre, sombre, triste

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Dismal

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Marais, marécages

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Swamp

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Railler, tourner en dérision

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To deride

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Chariot élévateur

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Forklift

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Avoir le droit de

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To be entitled to

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Égoïste

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Selfish

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Retard de croissance

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Stunted growth

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Guimbarde, tacot

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Jalopy

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Coup, poussée
Coup d’épée
Idée, objet

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Thrust

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Pendre, pendiller, pendouiller
Se balancer au bout d’une corde
Laisser pendre, suspendre
Faire miroiter

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To dangle

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Garçonne (20ties)

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Flapper

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Militaire US WW1

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Doughboy

The Spirit of the American Doughboy
The Doughboy
Iron Mike (local)

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En vouloir à, éprouver de la rancune contre

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To resent

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Dorloter, choyer

Cuire à feu doux

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To coddle

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Porter ses fruits, être payant, rapporter

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To pay off

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Barreau, échelon

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Rung

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Être tenu à distance respectable de

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To be kept at arm’s length from

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Odieux, infect, détestable, ignoble, énervant

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Obnoxious

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Diaporama

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Slide show

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Endurer jusqu’au bout, se taper jusqu’au bout

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To sit through

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Tirer profit de

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To leverage

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Levier
Avantage
Poids (influence)

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Leverage

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Sinon, autrement, sans quoi

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Otherwise

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Tromper l’ennui

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To stave off boredom

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Plume pour écrire

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Dip pen

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Tremper dans
Se plonger dans
Piocher dans

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To dip into

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Méfiant, sur ses gardes, circonspect

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Wary

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Éveiller la méfiance de qq.

Mettre la puce à l’oreille

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To make sb wary

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Annexe (adj)

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Appended

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Annexes

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Appendices

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Annexe (n)

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Appendix

(US) schedule

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Parcourir rapidement, lire en diagonale

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To skim

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Trace, tâche

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Smear

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Barbouiller

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To smear

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Sombre
Couvert, maussade
Lugubre, sombre, triste, mélancolique

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Gloomy

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Tâche, éclaboussure

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Splotch

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Tache, marbrure

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Blotch

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Inversement, réciproquement, vice versa

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Conversely

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Insulte, affront

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Slur

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Entrouvrir, entrebâiller
Déboucher, faire péter (une bouteille)
Se fendre en deux

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To crack open

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Manqué, raté

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Failed

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Silex

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Flint, flintstone

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Ravissement, extase

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Rapture

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Pension alimentaire

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Alimony

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Agression, brutalité, harcèlement

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Bullying

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Bloc de roche

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Boulder

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Mousson

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Monsoon

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Excellent, de premier ordre

Fin, pur

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Sterling

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Court CV

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Résumé, resume

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Mineur (adj)

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Underage

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Lubrique, obscene

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Lewd

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Voies de fait

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Battery

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Délit mineur

Incartade, écart de conduite

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Misdemeanour

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Indulgent, clément

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Lenient

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Répugnant, dégoutant, infect

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Unsavoury

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Patate

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Tater

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Las, fatigué, épuisé (mentally tired)

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Weary

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Faire quelque chose de toute ses forces
Mettre à rude épreuve
En prendre un coup
Grever (argent)

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To strain

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Destruction (archaïque)

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Wrack

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Porter, trimbaler

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To tote

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Réplique (reproduction) grandeur nature

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Life-sized replica

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Chanvre, marijuana

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Hemp

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Tiré par les cheveux, exagéré, improbable, fantaisiste

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Farfetched

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Rester à l’écart (intr)

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To steer clear

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Éviter (tr)

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To steer clear of

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Bizarre, particulier

Ridicule, idiot, maladroit, gauche

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Goofy

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Inoffensif

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Harmless

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S’insérer

Trouver un créneau

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To slot in

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Bailler

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To yawn

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Tiède, peu enthousiaste

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Tepid

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Puissance électrique (en watts)

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Wattage

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Sabot

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Clog

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Encrasser, boucher, obstruer

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To clog

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Travail de cochon, de sagouin

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Botch

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Manque, pénurie, disette

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Dearth

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Émerveillement

Stupeur, terreur, effroi

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Awe

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En admiration

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In awe

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Sinistre, triste, menaçant, lugubre

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Grim

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Désir ardent, folle envie, aspiration

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Yearning

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Se gonfler, se renfler

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To bulge

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Brio, maestria, virtuosité

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Brilliance

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Slogan, devise

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Motto

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Hanneton

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Cockchafer

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Atout, avantage, qualité, un plus

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Asset

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Qui a peur des détonations

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Gun-shy

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Domaine, propriété

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Estate

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Abrégé

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Abridged

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Défaut d’élocution

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Speech impediment

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Pointilleux

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Detail oriented

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Cadenas

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Padlock

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Maniaque

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Stickler

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Écoutes téléphoniques

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Wiretapping

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Barjot, dingue

Plongeon

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Loon

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Cinglé, dingue

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Loony, looney, loonie

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Ordre, propreté

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Tidiness

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Irritabilité

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Fretfullness

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Désinvolte, léger

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Glib, flippant, offhand

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Extrêmement

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Exceedingly

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Développer, rentrer dans les détails

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To elaborate

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Élaborer, mettre au point

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To devise, to produce, to create

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Mauviette, gringalet, avorton, couille molle

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Wuss

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Psy (slang)

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Shrink

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Berceau

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Cradle

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Tonique, fortifiant, tonifiant

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Bracing

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Contraint
Forcé
Imaginé, inventé
Arrangé (combine)

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Contrived

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Démangeaison (propre et figuré)

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Itch

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Alcolo, poivrot, pochetron

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Lush

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Luxuriant
Beau
Bon, délicieux

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Lush

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Denonciateur

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Whistleblower

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Trésor

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Trove

Treasure trove

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Limbes

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Limbo

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Emplacement

Localisation

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Whereabouts

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Foule (literary)

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Throng

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Escale

Arrêt, halte

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Stopover

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Fuite (liquid)

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Leak

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Écervelé, insensé, fou

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Madcap

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Ancien éleve

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Alumnus
Alumna
Alumni

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Mettre le feu à, cramer (slang)

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To torch

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Groin

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Snout

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Damné

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Unredeemed

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Échanger quelque chose contre

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To redeem something for

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Se racheter

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To redeem oneself

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Fantasque, fantaisiste, saugrenu

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Whimsical

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Affront, rebuffade

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Snub

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Affiner, perfectionner

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To hone

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Attacher sa ceinture

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To buckle up

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Bosser dur

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To buckle down

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Céder

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To buckle under

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