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Attirant (séduisant, attrayant)

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Alluring

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Apporter son écot

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To chip in

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Impassible, imperturbable, insensible, indifférent

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Unfazed

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Avantages

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Perks

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Timide, qui fait tapisserie

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Wallflower

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Tige de renfort, tendeur tirant (manche guitare)

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Truss rod

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Paratonnerre

Exutoire,défouloir

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Lightning rod

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Rompre, se séparer, se dissoudre

Partager, diviser

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To split up

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Se remettre de, récupérer (recover from)
Tourner la page, oublier (cease loving)
Surmonter (prevail, overcome)

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To get over

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Se lasser

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To grow weary

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Désabusé, dépité, fatigué de la vie

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World-weary

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Las, fatigué, épuisé

Lassant, fatiguant, épuisant

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Weary

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Terriblement, extrêmement

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Tremendously

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Refuge dans la fiction, évasion hors de la réalité, fuite du réel

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Escapism

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Lubrifiant, huile de graissage

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Lubricant

Lube (informal)

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Caprice, coup de tête, lubie, tocade, passade

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Whim

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Trognon de pomme

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Apple core

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Cicatriser, guérir

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To heal

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Ébouriffer

Common misuse

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To tussle, to tousle

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Bagarre, empoignade

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Tussle

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Bagarre, rixe

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Scuffle

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Etre présent, assister

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To attend

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S’occuper de

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To attend upon

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Oui, tout à fait

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Yes indeed

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Éclat, lustre

Beauté superficielle (fig.)

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Sheen

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Liquider (tuer- slang)

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To bump off

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Maison de correction

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Reformatory

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Reporter, remettre à plus tard

Belgique : postposer

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To postpone

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Ajourner

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To defer

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Dépêcher, déléguer, envoyer

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To dispatch

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Vague de chaleur

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Heatwave

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Chaleur de plomb

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Blazing heat

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Chaleur torride

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Scorching heat

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Se développer, agir
Continuer, poursuivre
Avancer, se diriger

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To proceed

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Danser, agiter, s’agiter

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To bob

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Svelte, fin, mince, affûté

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Trim

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Rouflaquettes, pattes

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Sideburns

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Longues boucles, anglaises

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Ringlets

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Cuisse

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Thig

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Abruti, crétin, idiot, bête

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Dumb

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Vindicatif

Rancunier

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Vindictive

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Inventé, fabriqué, falsifié

Histoire, preuves

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Trumped-up

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Rosser

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To lam

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En fuite, en cavale

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On the lam

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Trainer les pieds

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To shuffle

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En son for intérieur, intérieurement, secrètement

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Inwardly

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Pelle à neige

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Snow shovel

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Pelleteuse

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Steam shovel

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Ramasser à la pelle

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To shovel up

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Pelleter

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To shovel

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Corpulent, fort

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Portly

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À cru, qui monte à cru

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Bareback

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Mensonge éhonté

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Barefaced lie

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Engendrer, procréer

Frayer, pondre

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To spawn

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Dire adieu (à)

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To bid farewell

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Argent à perdre

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Money to burn

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Temps a perdre

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Time to burn

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Tolérer, fermer les yeux sur

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To condone

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Rechigner, regimber

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To balk

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Refuser (UK)

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To baulk

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Strict, rigoureux

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Stringent

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Fièvre acheteuse

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Shopping spree

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Fête, folies

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Spree

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Fourmiller de

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Teeming with

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Se rétrécir, s’amenuiser, diminuer

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To taper off

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Cierge, chandelle

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Taper

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Calmer, apaiser

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To placate

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Nauséabond, fétide, infect (smell)

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Foul

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Étouffer, suffoquer

Étouffer, réprimer

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To stifle

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Démentir
Rejeter, désavouer
Renoncer à

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To disclaim

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Déclaration de sinistre

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Insurance claim
Claim form (us)
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Retrait des bagages

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Baggage claim

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Prétendre

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To claim

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Entrecroisé, entremêlé

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Intertwined

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Maigre (peu de)

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Meager (scant)

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Humecter, humidifier (make wet)

Décourager, affaiblir (reduce effect)

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To dampen

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Pic, cime

Sommet, apogée

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Pinnacle

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Exciter, stimuler

Réveiller, éveiller

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To arouse

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Mamelon, bout du sein

Tétine

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Nipple

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Flocon de neige

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Snowflake

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Se pencher

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To lean over

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Étouffoir

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Damper

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Arnaqueur, escroc, filou

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Con man

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Escroquer, arnaquer

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To con

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Bien s’entendre

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To get along

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Ficher le camp

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To get along

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Se débrouiller

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To get along

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Sur la pointe des pieds

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Tiptoe, on tiptoe

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Se déplacer sur la pointe des pieds

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To tiptoe

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Bourreau des cœurs

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Heartbreaker

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Salle de billard

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Poolhall

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Se pencher sur l’épaule de quelqu’un

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To lean over one’s shoulder

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Endormi, apathique
Lent, mou
Calme, stagnant

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Sluggish

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Urticaire

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Hives, skin rash

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Angor, angine de poitrine

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Angina, angina pectoris

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Épilepsie

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Epilepsy, seizure, seizure disorder

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Cassant (bones)

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Brittle

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Compatir

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To sympathise

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Présentateur

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Anchor, news reporter

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Être nommé (à)

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To be appointed (to)

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D’état

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State-run

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Porte-drapeau, porte-étendard

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Standard-bearer, banner-bearer

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Commère

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Tale-bearer

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Féroce

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Fierce

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Épave, tacot, vieille bagnole

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Wreck

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