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1
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Justice/ équité

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Fairness

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Effet secondaire

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A side-effect

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Améliorer

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To enhance

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Mettre à l’épreuve / mettre la pression

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To put a strain on

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Une thérapie

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Therapy

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Défectueux

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Defective

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Vif

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Sprightly

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Un traitement

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A treatment

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Soulever

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To heave

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Tricher

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To cheat

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Quand il s’agit

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When it comes to

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Inné

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Innate

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Avantage (atout)

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Edge

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ski de fond

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Cross country skiing

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15
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Globule rouge

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Red blood cells

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Promouvoir , avancer

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To further

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17
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Plus loin

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Farther

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18
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Une interdiction

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A ban

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Contrarié ou controverse

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Vexed

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Contrarier

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To vex

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21
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Grignoter

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To nibble

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Élastique

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Springy

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Se retenir de faire qq chose

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To forbear to do sth

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24
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Ancêtre aïeux

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Forebears

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Imposer

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To enforce

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Transparence

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Transparency

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Révéler

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To disclose

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28
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Rattraper

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To catch up

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29
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Bâclé

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Sloppy

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30
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Vaste , immense

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Vast

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Tenir fermement qq chose

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To keep a firm grip on

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32
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Sectarisme

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Bigotry

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33
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Gâté

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Coddled

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34
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Dorloter

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To coddle

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35
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Un parti pris

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A bias

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36
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Préférence /penchant pour

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A bias for ..

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37
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Orgueil , amour propre, fierté

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Pride

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38
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Né hors des liens du mariage

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Born out-of-wedlock

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39
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Vivace, perpétuel

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Perennial

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40
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Débauche

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Profligacy

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41
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Propre à qq

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Unique to sb

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42
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Bâclé

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Sloppy

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43
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Vaste , immense

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Vast

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Tenir fermement qq chose

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To keep a firm grip on

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45
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Sectarisme

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Bigotry

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Gâté

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Coddled

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47
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Dorloter

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To coddle

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48
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Un parti pris

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A bias

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49
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Préférence /penchant pour

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A bias for ..

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Orgueil , amour propre, fierté

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Pride

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51
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Né hors des liens du mariage

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Born out-of-wedlock

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52
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Vivace, perpétuel

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Perennial

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53
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Débauche

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Profligacy

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54
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Propre à qq

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Unique to sb

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55
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Impuissance, manque de moyen

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Helplessness

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56
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Transcender , surpasser

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To transcend

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57
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Le départ

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Departure

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58
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Indolence,nonchalance

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Indolence

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59
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Entrepôt , magasin

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Warehouse

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60
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Caissier

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A cashier

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61
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Rejeté, exclu

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Dismissed

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62
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Pester contre

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To rail against

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63
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Injustifié , gratuit

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Wanton

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64
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Stupide

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Fatuous

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65
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La politique

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Politics

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66
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Un témoignage

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A testimony

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67
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Subir la discrimination

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To be discriminated against

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68
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le mélange de culture,aide entre culture

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Cross-pollination

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69
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être plein de promesse

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To hold out great promise

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70
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Devant un titre ou un job on met ???

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la préposition genre : he was a doctor

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71
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Un coffre fort

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A safe

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72
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Les progrès

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Advances

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73
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c’est particulièrement vrai de…

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It’s especially true of

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74
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foutre en l’air

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To mess up

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75
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Un paresseux

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A lazybones

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76
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Faire taire

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To make sb keep quiet

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77
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Bound ds le sens Metro

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C’est pr indiquer la direction

78
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En face

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Straight to his face

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Fainéanter

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To laze around , to loaf around

80
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Chercher sans but précis

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To browse

81
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Les mains baladeuses

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Raving hands

82
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Errer

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To roam=to rove

83
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Fadeur

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Blandness, colorlessness, tasteless

84
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Une vis

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A screw

85
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Un tournevis

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A screwdriver

86
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Difficile (au sens dur à satisfaire)

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Fussy

87
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Espiègle malicieux

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Mischievous

88
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Vilain

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Naughty

89
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Florissant

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Flourishing

90
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Ennuyeux , morne

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Dreary

91
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Ensorcelé envoûte

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Spellbound

92
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Émerveillement ou stupeur

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Awe

93
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Un finlandais

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A finn

94
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bidouiller ,maquiller les chiffres

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To falsify , to cook the books,to fudge,to rig

95
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Maquille comme une voiture volée

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To be all tarted up

96
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Immense,

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Huge , tremendous

97
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Jeter l’argent par les fenêtres

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To pour the money down the drain

98
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Gaspiller de l’argent

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To waste money, to throw away money

99
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On constate que

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It’s noteworthy that

100
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Remarquable

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Noticeable

101
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Il est fâcheux

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It’s unfortunate

102
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Cumuler

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To combine

103
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Cumuler des mandats

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To hold multiple offices

104
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Tremper

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To dip

105
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Connaître

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To experience something

106
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Une gueule de bois

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A hangover

107
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L’ampleur de

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The scale and scope of

108
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Trafiquer

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Tamper with

109
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Minorer

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To play down/to lessen/to underestimate

110
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Sciemment

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Deliberately

111
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Préconiser

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To recommend

112
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Danger

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Pitfalls, drawbacks

113
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Un tableau de classement

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A chart/ a ranking

114
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Budget

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Budget, funding

115
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Propulser

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To propel, to boost

116
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En tout

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Altogether

117
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Faire l’éloge de

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To praise/ to hail

118
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Ds la dernière ligne droite

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In the run up to

119
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Affecter , allouer a

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To allocate to / to grant to

120
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S’engager , promettre

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To pledge , to promess

121
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Booster, encourager

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To fuel, to encourage

122
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Jusqu’à présent

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So far/ up to now

123
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L’instance dirigeante

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Governing body / decision makers

124
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S’adapter

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To adjust

125
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S’entraîner

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To train

126
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se laver

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To wash

127
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Soutenir

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To underpin/ to back/ to support

128
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Un accessoire de théâtre

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A prop

129
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Retenir renforcer

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To prop

130
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Retour sur investissement

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The returns of

131
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Base , parfois pr désigner citoyen pour un mouvement

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Grassroots

132
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Dépérir / faner

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To wither

133
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Quartiers pauvres

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Inner cities

134
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Quartier résidentiel

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A suburb

135
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Voile foulard

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Headscarf

136
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Maitrise

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Proficiency

137
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S’efforcer de

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To strive for, fight for, do one’s best

138
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Qd les poules auront des dents

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Once in a blue moon

139
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Endurci habitué à

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Inured to, accustom to

140
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En déploiement

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Still unfolding

141
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Surnommée

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To dub, to give a nickname

142
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Annoncer

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To herald

143
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estimer

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To reckon

144
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Une paroisse

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A parish

145
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Couverture médiatique

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Media coverage

146
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Discret

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Subdued

147
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Furtif

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Stealthy = sneaking

148
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Nb de victimes

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Death toll

149
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Réprimander

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To chide, to tell off

150
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Ralentir , freiner

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To hamper, to hinder

151
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Une dispute

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A wrangling

152
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Prévaloir

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To prevail

153
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Une digue

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An embankment , a levee

154
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Être a la hauteur

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To be up to the job

155
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Garantir assurer

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To underwrite

156
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Prêt immobilier

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Home loan

157
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Hypothéquer

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To mortgage

158
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Propriétaire

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A homeowner

159
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Subventionner

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To subsidize

160
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Un législateur

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A policymaker

161
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Résoudre

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To figure out

162
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Un ménage

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Household

163
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Déconcertant

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Puzzling

164
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Éblouissant

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Dazzling

165
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Déstabilisant

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Unsettling

166
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Le mépris , le dédain

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Contempt

167
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Un employé

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An office boy

168
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La bête

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The beast

169
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Piétons

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Pedestrians

170
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Une décharge

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A dump

171
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Une pente

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Slope

172
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Néanmoins

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Nonetheless

173
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Bête idiot, imprudent ridicule

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Foolish

174
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Renverser

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To reverse

175
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L’avant toit

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The eaves

176
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En vouloir à qq pr qq chose

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To resent sb for sth

177
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Comme convenu

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As was agreed

178
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Parler à un mur

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Talk to a brick wall

179
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Isolé, perdu

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Remote

180
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La grêle

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Hail

181
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Assez grand , assez important

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Sizeable

182
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Dépasser les bornes

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Go beyond the pale

183
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Culture ( sens agriculture)

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crop

184
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État de préparation

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Preparedness

185
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Une épine

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A thorn

186
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Je ne suis pas très amateur de thé

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I am not much a tea drinker

187
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Faire des histoires

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To make a fuss

188
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Vendre à perte

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To sell at a loss

189
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Rendre visite

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To pay a visit

190
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De loin

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From a distance

191
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On signale que

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It is reported that

192
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Au moins ..

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A good

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