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abstract

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Abstrait(e)

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Dreadful/ghastly/awful

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Affreux(euse)

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Watercolour

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Aquarelle

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Performer /Artist

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Artiste

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Artist

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Artiste Peintre

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Studio

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Atelier

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Touching/moving

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Attendrissant(e)

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Attack

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Attentant

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Author

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Auteur(e)

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Coffee table book

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Beau livre

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Fine arts

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Beaux-arts

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lullaby

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Berceuse

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Book lover

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Bibliophile

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Biography

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Biographie

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Book

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Bouquin

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to read/to have a nose in a book

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Bouquiner

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Election campaign

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Campagne électorale

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Gripping/unputdownable

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Captivant(e)

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Environmental disaster

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Catastrophe écologique

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Disaster

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désastre

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To sing in tune

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Chanter juste

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Singer

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Chanteur (euse)

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Conductor

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Chef d’orchestre

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Masterpiece

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Chef-d’œuvre

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Unemployment

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Chômage

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controversy about

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controverse sur

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column

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chronique

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quotation

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citation

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citizen

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citoyen(ne)

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clarinet

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clarinette

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keyboard

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clavier

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musical

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comédie musicale

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commercial

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commercial(e)

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concert/performance

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concert

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conservative

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conservateur(trice)

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constitutional

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constitutionnel(le)

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fake/copy/counterfeit

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contrefaçon

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taxpayer/ratepayer

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contribuable

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french horn

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cor d’harmonie

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bagpipes

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cornemuse

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dramatic turn of events

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coup de théâtre

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cost of living

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coût de la vie

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crime

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crime

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crisis

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crise

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sketch

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croquis

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parliamentary debate

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débat parlementaire

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harrowing/heart breaking

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déchirant

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defeat

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défaite

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disgusting

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dégoûtant(e)

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delicate/dainty

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délicat(e)

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to resign/stand down

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démissionner

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democracy

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démocratie

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to portray

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dépeindre

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depressing/sad/demoralising

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déprimant (e)

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member of parliament

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député

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drawing

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dessin

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speech

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discours

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playwritght

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dramaturge

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human rights

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droits de l’homme

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dazzling

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éblouissant(e)

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writer

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écrivain(e)

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editor

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éditeur(trice)

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to elect

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élire

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to record

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enregistrer

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appraisal

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estimation

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event

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événement

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harebrained/bizzare

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farfelu(e)

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forger

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faussaire

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fake

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faux

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to browse/look through

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feuilleter

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financial

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financier(ière)

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election fraud

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fraude électorale

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war

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guerre

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melodious

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harmonieux(euse)

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national anthem

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hymne national

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flawless

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impeccable

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taxes/taxation

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impôts

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impressive

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impressionnant(e)

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unfinished

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inachevé(e)

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unexpected

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inattendu(e)

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fire

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incendie

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never seen beforre/unpublished

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inédit(e)

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flood

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inondation

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international

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international

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plot/storyline

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intrigue

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to play an instrument

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jouer d’un instrument

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diary

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journal intime

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reader

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lecteur(trice)

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bookseller

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libraire

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to skim through

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lire en diagonale

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paperback

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livre de poche

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masterful

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magistral(e)

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mandate/term of office

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mandat

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protest

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manifestation

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art dealer

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marchand(e) d’art

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seascape

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marine

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music lover

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mélomane

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militant/activist

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militant(e)

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ministry/department

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ministère

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minister

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ministre

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world

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mondial(e)

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globalisation

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mondialisation

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piece of music

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morceau

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narrator

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narrateur(trice)

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still life

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nature morte

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short story

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nouvelle

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nude

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nu

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colour chat

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nuancier

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western ( geographical)

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occidental(e)

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lyricist

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parolier

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landscape

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paysage

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townscape

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paysage urbain

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polish

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peufiner

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character

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personnage

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to mess around on the piano

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pinoter

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play

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pièce de théâtre

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brush

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pinceau

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poetry

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poésie

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poet

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poète

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political

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politique

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policy

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politique

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power

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pouvoir

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buying power

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pouvoir d’achat

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presidential

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présidentiel(le)

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bill

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projet de loi

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electoral promise

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promesse électorale

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refined

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raffinée

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bookworm

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rat de bibliothéque

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plot twist

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rebondissement

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recognised

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reconnu(e)

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refugee

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réfugié(e)

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to win the election

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remporter les élections

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rehersal

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répétition

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cover/remake

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reprise

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republican

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républicain(e)

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social media

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réseaux sociaux

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renewable resources

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ressources renouvelables

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airport novel

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roman de gare

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detective novel

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roman policier

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novelist

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romancier(ière)

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to identify with a character

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s’identifier à un personnage

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bloody

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sanglant(e)

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to take place, to be set in

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se dérouler

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to stand for election

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se présenter aux élections

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earthquake

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séisme

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disaster victim

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sinistré(e)

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opinion poll

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sondage d’opinion

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painting/picture

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tableau

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reality TV

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télé-crochet

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to download a song

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télécharger une chanson

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theme/topic/subject

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thème

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third world

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tiers-monde

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title

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titre

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concert tour

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tournée de concerts

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translation

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traduction

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universal

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universel(le)

158
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to vote tactically

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voter utile