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1
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passer la nuit

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to stay overnight

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passionné, avide, vif

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eager

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patrie

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homeland

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pâture à brouter

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pasture to graze

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paysan

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peasant

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pédé

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poof, queer

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pèlerinage

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pilgrimage

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pelle

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shovel

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pencher, baisser

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to droop

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pénurie

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shortage

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persévérant

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persevering

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perspicace

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shrewd

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petit agriculteur

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smallholder

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petit somme

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doze, nap

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piètre, piteux

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lousy

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pignon (maison)

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gable

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pilotis

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stilts

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pion (échecs)

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pawn (chess)

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piquer, percer

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to prick

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planer, voler

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to hover

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plein de sève, luxuriant

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lush

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plein, rempli

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replete

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plomb

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lead

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poignarder

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to stab

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poignée, paquet

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handful

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poissonnier

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fishmonger

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postuler

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to apply

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potelé, dodu

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plump

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poulailler

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henhouse

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pour l’instant, immédiatement

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as of now

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pratiquement jamais

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hardly ever

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pratiquement rien

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next to nothing

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précision, exactitude

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accuracy

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34
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préconiser

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to advocate

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prendre soin de

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to attend to

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prendre son essor

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to soar

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présage

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omen

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pressentir, comprendre

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to sense

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prestataire de service

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service provider

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prêter

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to lend

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preuve

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evidence

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profilé, lisse

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sleck

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prolonger

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to protract

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promettre, engager, gager

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to pledge

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promulguer

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to enact

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prospérer

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to thrive

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prouesse, talent

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prowess

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provenir de, revenir à

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to accrue from, to

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puce

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flea

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pur (et simple)

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sheer

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pyromane

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firebug

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querelles

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squabblings

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quincaillier

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ironmonger

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quoi qu’il en soit

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either way

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race

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breed

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rachat, acquisition

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buyout

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57
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raidir, durcir

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to stiffen

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rampe

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bannister

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rancoeur

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resentment

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rancune

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grudge

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rancunier, méchant

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spiteful

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ranimer, raviver

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to rekindle

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rapide

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swift

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rapidement

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apace

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rechute

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relapse

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récolter, moissonner

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to reap

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67
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recourir à

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to resort to

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réduire les coûts

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to trim costs

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refiler

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to foist

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refondre, remanier

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to recast

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réforme, changement

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reversal

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72
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refus

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refusal

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73
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regimber à faire qch

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to balk at doing sth

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remous, tourbillon

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swirl

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75
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rendre malade

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to sicken

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renverser, répandre

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to spill

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répandre

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to spread

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repousser, retarder, dissuader

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to put off

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reprendre

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to resume

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réprimer (révolte)

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to quell

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reprocher

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to reproach, to taunt

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reste, débris, fragment

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scrap

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retenir ses coups

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to pull o’s punches

84
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retombées

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fallout

85
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revendication

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assertion

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revenir (décision)

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to relent

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revenir à

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to amount to

88
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revenir sur le tapis

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to be afloat again

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revenus

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earnings

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réviser (cours)

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to study for

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réviser, remettre en état

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to overhaul

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ricaner, sourire

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to sneer

93
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rivage

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shore

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rue, route, voie

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thoroughfare

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ruisseau

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stream

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ruminer (idée)

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to mull over

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rusé

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slick

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rusé, astucieux, difficile

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tricky

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rusé, sournois

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sly

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s’abstenir

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to refrain

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s’adonner à

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to indulge

102
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s’affairer, s’activer

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to bustle

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s’aider

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to avail

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s’éclipser

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to slink off

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s’effondrer

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to collapse

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s’efforcer

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to strive

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s’éterniser

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to drag on

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s’imaginer, vouloir bcp

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to fancy

109
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sans défaut, parfait

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flawless

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sans rancune !

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no hard feelings !

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sarcastique

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taunting

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sauter à cloche-pied

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to hop

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scène, séquence (film)

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footage

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scintiller

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to shimmer

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se courber, s’incliner (salut)

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to bow

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se mêler de

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to meddle

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se mêler, mélanger

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to blend, to mingle

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se précipiter sur

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to make a dash at

119
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se révéler insuffisant

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to prove wanting

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se tenir caché

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to be in hiding

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se vanter de

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to boast of

122
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secret professionnel

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inside knowledge

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séduisant

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attractive

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seuil (porte)

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threshold

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simplet

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halfwit

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singularité

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oddity

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sirène (mer)

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mermaid

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siroter un café

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to sip a coffee

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soi-disant, prétendument

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allegedly

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sommeiller, somnoler

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to doze

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souffle, coup de vent

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blast

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soulagement

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relief

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soupirer

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to sigh

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sourd

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deaf

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stagner, faire du sur-place

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to tread water

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stand

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booth

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stratagème

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ruse

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substitut, suppléant

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surrogate

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subvention

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subsidy

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suffire

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to suffice

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sujet à

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liable to

142
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supposer

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to assume

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suprême

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paramount

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surnaturel, étrange

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eerie, eery

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surpasser

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to outdo

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surpasser (nbre)

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to outnumber

147
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surprendre une conversation

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to overhear

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tabouret

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stool

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tamiser, cribler

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to sift

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tanière

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lair

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tâtonner

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to fumble

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taxe, prélèvement

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levy

153
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tendre, allonger

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to stretch

154
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tendre, peser

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to strain

155
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tenir compte de

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to heed

156
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tenir qn au courant de

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to keep someone current with

157
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ténu

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tenuous

158
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ternir, entacher

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to besmirch

159
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terrier, refuge, abri

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bolthole

160
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tétine

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dummy

161
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timide

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shy

162
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tirant d’eau

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draught

163
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tirer profit de

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to benefit from

164
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tiroir

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drawer

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tolérer

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to put up with

166
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tortiller

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to squirm

167
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tout à fait

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downright

168
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traduction, interprétation

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rendering, rendition

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travail intense, corvée

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swot

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travailleur

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industrious

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tremper, mouiller

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to steep

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tricher

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to cheat

173
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tromperie, duperie

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deception

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troupeau

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herd

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trucage

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dummy work

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tuile

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tile

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tumulte, clameur

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uproar

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un conseil

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a piece of advice

179
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un nouveau coup dur pour lui

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another nail in his coffin

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une espèce menacée

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an endangered species

181
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une nouvelle (info)

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a piece of news

182
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une série

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a series

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vanité, suffisance

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conceit

184
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vas-y !

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away you go !

185
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veinard !

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lucky you !

186
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verger

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orchard

187
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vertige (malaise)

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dizzy spell

188
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vivre aux crochets

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to sponge

189
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vol inaugural

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maiden flight

190
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voué à l’échec

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foredoomed to failure

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voyage, trajet

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journey

192
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vu que (nous sommes…)

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seeing (we are…)

193
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rafale, risée

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flurry

194
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soutenir, maintenir

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to uphold

195
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mettre en colère, rendre furieux

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to anger

196
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souligner, mettre en évidence

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to underscore

197
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peu profond, mince

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shallow

198
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débraillé, embrousaillé, trempé

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bedraggled

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récupérer, couvrir les frais

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to recoup

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dépenses, mise de fonds

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outlay

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