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1
Q

la banqueroute

A

bankruptcy

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2
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embrayage et boîte

A

clutch and gearbox

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3
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immatriculé les voitures

A

the car’s registration

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4
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exaltant

A

exciting

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5
Q

desserrer l’étau

A

loosen the vice

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6
Q

avec volupté

A

with pleasure

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7
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comme un loup dans un bergerie

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like a wolf in sheep’s skin

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8
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clore la bouche à un témoin gênant

A

shut up a troublesome witness

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9
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il glousse

A

he chuckles

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10
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dérobe

A

steal

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11
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advenu

A

happened

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12
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une réponse décevante

A

a disappointing response

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13
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des truands

A

hoodlums

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14
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en pleine faillite

A

in the throes of bankruptcy

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15
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faillite

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syn: banqueroute

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16
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affole

17
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l’abîme

18
Q

culbute pareille

A

tumbling like this

19
Q

culbuter

20
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gâté

21
Q

décroît

22
Q

borne

A

boundary, limit, milestone

23
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récidive

A

second offense

24
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s’entasser

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to pile up

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arraché
ripped off
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des devinettes
riddles
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envoûtante
bewitching
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pétrie d’imprévu
full of the unexpected
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ça rime à quoi
what’s the rhyme
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fausser
distort
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par bonds
by leaps and bounds
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impitoyable
ruthless
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friands d’énigmes
lovers of riddles
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il admire une ville grouillante
he admires a teaming city
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vos congénère
your fellow man
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tôle
sheet metal
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une brèche
a breach