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civi presse 2 Flashcards

1
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façonner, forger

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to forge

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motivation, incitation

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incentive

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escalader, grimper sur

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to clamber on

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dégradé

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defaced

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divisé, fendu

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cleaved

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inscrit

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emblazoned

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le totalement ridicule

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flat-out ridicule

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morceau de métal

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metal lump

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la sphère publique

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the public realm

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pignon

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gable

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en représailles de

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in retaliation for

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12
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hisser

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to hoist

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13
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socle

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plinth

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des personnes étranges

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odd-people

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15
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le mot est faible

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to put it mildly

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étonner, surprendre

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take aback

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17
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sermonner, faire la morale

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to lecture

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18
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cautionner, tolérer

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to condone

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19
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éblouir

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to glare

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20
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résulte de

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scores of

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21
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tondu

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shorn

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22
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un larbin colonial

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a colonial flunkey

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secouer

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to jolt

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24
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pur, intact

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intainted

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25
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est à l’opposé de

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runs counter to

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inflexible

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adamantine

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céder à

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to pander to

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sous contrat

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indentured

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29
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butin de l’empire

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spoils of empire

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incident

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mishap

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31
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détourner les dissidents au passage

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to head off dissenters at the pass

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32
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adoucir, atténuer

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to tone down

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33
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décerner

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to bestow

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34
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quota ethnique

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tokenism

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35
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la recherche sur le sujet est pour l’instant rare

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research on the topic is so far scant

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36
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réceptacle de mémoire

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memory repositories

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37
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tracer une lignée

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trace a lineage

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38
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faire défiler en arrière

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to scroll back

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39
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récupération

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retrieval

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40
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il y a un bon côté

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there is a silver lining

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une compétence de synthèse

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an overarching skill

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troubles de la mémoire

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memory impairments

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postures

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stances

44
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me donner des frissons

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sends shivers to my spine

45
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les derniers affres

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the last throes

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rebattre les oreilles

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to bang on about

47
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legs importants

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sizable bequests

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conclure l’affaire

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to seal the deal

49
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vanter, louer

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to extol

50
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faire tomber des statuts

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to topple statues

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une idée floue

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a hazy idea

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un paradis fiscal

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a tax haven

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puissant

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mighty

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butin

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the plunder

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lutter contre

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to contend with

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soulèvement contre

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uprising against

57
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élevés

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nurtured

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se frayer un chemin

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to plough its own way

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des valeurs qui étayent le programme de l’école privée

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values underpinning the public school curriculum

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personne interrogée

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respondent

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chauvin

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jingoistic

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colonisation non dissimulée

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overt colonisation

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blanchir

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a whitewash

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faire marche arrière

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to backtrack

65
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trop présumer notre situation

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overplaying our hand

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saisi de

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gripped by

67
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extraverti

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outgoing

68
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accepter sa disparition

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to come to terms with its demise

69
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verre déformé

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distorted lens

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financé

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bankrolled

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une loupe

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a magnifying glass

72
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confus

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befuddled

73
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un parallèle plus remarquable

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a more salient parallel

74
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principes

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creed

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rejet

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rebuff

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conflit

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contention

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éradiquer, éliminer

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to stamp out

78
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innocenter

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to vindicate

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pour des motifs religieux

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on religious grounds

80
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ils n’octroyaient pas une autorisation

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they were not issuing a licence

81
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avec malveillance

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maliciously

82
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grognement

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snarl

83
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marteler

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to hammer home

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double

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twofold

85
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étant donné

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given

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se mobiliser

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to rally

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risquer, mettre en jeu

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put on the line

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injustice

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grievance

89
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négliger

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overlook

90
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un budget serré

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a tight budget

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inversement

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conversely

92
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le mouvement naissant

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the nascent movement

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louable

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laudable

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superviser, surveiller

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to oversee

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impitoyable

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hard-nosed

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étoffer ses engagements pour le climat, actuellement vagues et sommaires

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to flesh out its currently vague and scanty climate commitments

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commande publique

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public procurement

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frôler

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to verge on

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impliqués dans un combat

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embroiled in a battle

Anglais KH (20 decks)

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