Eight week Flashcards

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1
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pousser quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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to drive sb to do sth

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chasser

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to drive out

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énergie/dynamisme

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drive

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tomber/baisser/laisser tomber

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to drop

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5
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une légère baisse

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a dip

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qn qui abandonne ses études et se met en marge de la société

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a dropout

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sécheresse

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drought

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sécher

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to dry

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travail pénible/ corvée

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drudgery

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avoir des doutes /être discutable

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dubious

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ennuyeux

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dull

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atténuer/engourdir/diminuer

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to dull

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13
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jeter/rejeter

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to dump

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14
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dépotoir/décharge

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garbage/rubbish

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15
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faire du dumping

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to dump goods

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16
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s’étendre sur une pensée

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to dwell on

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17
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habiter /demeurer

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to dwell

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18
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hommes des cavernes

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cave-dwellers

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s’affaiblir/diminuer

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to dwindle

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20
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désireux de

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eager to

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21
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réservé, affecté à

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earmarked for

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22
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gagner

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earn

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23
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gagner sa vie

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to ear a reputation

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24
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gains

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earnings

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25
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tremblement de terre

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earthquake

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26
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refluer/décliner

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to ebb

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27
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le flux et reflux

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the ebb and the flow

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28
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en amont en aval

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upstream, downstream

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29
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econome/économique

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economical

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30
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des économies

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savings

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31
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économie de marché

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free market economy

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32
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économie dirigée

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state controlled economy

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33
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travailler au noir

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to moonlight

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34
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bord/nerveux/irritable

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edge

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35
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être à la pointe du progrès

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to be on the leading

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36
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avancer petit à petit

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to edge forward

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37
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prendre la place d’un concurrent

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to edge up to a competitor

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38
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preparer une revue/ corriger

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to edit

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39
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rédacteur

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editor

40
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une maison d’édition

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a publishing house

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qui a de l’effet/efficace

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effective

42
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effectivement

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in fact, indeed

43
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efficacité

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efficiency

44
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gros/flagrant/choquant

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egregious

45
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s’écrouler

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to elapse

46
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joie/allégresse/exultation

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elation

47
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être transporté de joie

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to be elated

48
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assez agé

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elderly

49
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les personnes agées

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the elderly

50
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le vieillissement

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ageing

51
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susciter/faire dire

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to elicit

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scéllé/fixé dans

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embedded in

53
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escroquer

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to embezzle

54
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escroc

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embezzler

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incarner

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to embody

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incarnation

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embodiment

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urgence

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emergency

58
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émerger

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to emerge

59
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souligner/insister sur

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to emphasize

60
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mettre l’accent sur

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to lay emphasis

61
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employer

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to employ

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employeur

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employer

63
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salarié

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employee

64
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travailleur indépendant

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self-employed

65
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petit personnel

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clerk

66
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donner à qn le pouvoir/ rendre plus fort, plus confiant

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to empower

67
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entourer/ inclure

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to encompass

68
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empiéter sur

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to encroach on

69
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s’efforcer de/ s’appliquer à faire qch

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to endeavor to do sth

70
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un effort, une tentative

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an endeavor

71
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souscrire à/approuver/endosser

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to endorse

72
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appliquer/faire obéir/respecter

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to enforce

73
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promulguer une loi

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to enact a law

74
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embaucher

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to engage

75
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se fiancer

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to get engaged

76
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ingénieur

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engineer

77
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école d’ingénieur

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engineering school

78
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être absorbé par/ plongé dans

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to be engrossed in

79
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mettre en valeur/ rehausser la valeur de qch

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to enhance

80
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valeur ajoutée

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enhancement

81
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s’engager/s’enrôler

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to enlist

82
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s’inscrire/ inscrire qn

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to enrol

83
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comporter/ nécessiter

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to entail

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implication

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entanglement

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démêler

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to disentangle

86
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être impliqué dans

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to be implicated in

87
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divertissement

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entertainment

88
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une soirée amusante

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an entertaining evening

89
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une pièce de théâtre

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a play

90
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fascinant/captivant

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enthralling

91
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captiver

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to enthrall

92
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être esclave de

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to be in the thrall of

93
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un discours passionné

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an impassioned speech

94
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être passionné pour

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to have a passionate interest in

95
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séduire

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to entice

96
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le fait d’avoir droit à quelque chose

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entitlement