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E: actual

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F: réel

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F: actuel

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E: present

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E: actually

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F: en fait, de fait

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F: actuellement

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Now, at présent, presently

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E: arrive

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F: arriver

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F: arriver

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E: arrive, happen

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E: assist

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F: aider, assister

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F:assister (à un cour)

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E: attend, help, assist

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E: assistance

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F: aide, assistance, secours

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F: assistance (spectacle)

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audience

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E: attend

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F: assister à, servir

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F attendre

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E: wait

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E: cave (in ground)

Cave (wine)

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F: caverne, grotte

cave à vin

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F: cave (maison)
Cave (personne)
cave (à vin)

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E: bassement, cellar
idiot
wine cave, wine cellar

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E: comedian

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Humoriste

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F: comédien

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actor/actress

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E: command (n)

command (v)

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Maîtrise

ordonner, forcer

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F: commande (n)

commander (v)

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order

order (restaurant)

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E: conductor

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chef d’orchestre, chef de train, conducteur (électricité)

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F: conducteur

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driver; conductor (electricity)

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E” comprehensive

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exhaustif

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F: compréhensif

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understanding

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E: crayon

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crayon (wax)

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F: crayon

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pensil, pen

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E: cry

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pleurer

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F: crier

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scream, yell

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E: deception

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tromperie, duperie

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F: déception

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disappointment

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E: demand (n)

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exigence

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demande

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request

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E: demand (v)

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exiger

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F: demander (v)

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ask

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E: education

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éducation

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éducation

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éducation, upbringing

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E: engage (in something)

engage (adj)

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entreprendre quelque chose

fiancé

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F: engager

engagé

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Hire

hired

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engagement (to be married)

engagement (involvement)

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fiançailles

engagement

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engagement (embauche)

Engagement (accord)

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appointment or hiring

engagement or commitment

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E: enterprise

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entreprise (régime économique)

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entreprise

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company, business, firm

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E: figure

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silhouette (corps féminin seulement) physique pour homme

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F: figure

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Face

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43
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E: fine (ADJ)

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raffiné, délicat, beau

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Fin (adj)

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objects: thon, pointes
People: kind, nice

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45
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E: fine (n)

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amende

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46
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Fin (n)

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end

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47
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E: form

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Développer

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48
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F: former

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train, educate

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E: formation

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formation (géologique)

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Formation

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training, background, education

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E: furniture

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Meubles

52
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F: fournitures

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supplies

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E: gentle

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doux

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Gentil

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nice, kind

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infant

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nouveau-né, bébé

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enfant

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child

57
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E: inscription

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sur un monument

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inscription

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registration or enrolment

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E: journal

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revue spécialisée, périodique, journal intime/personnel

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Journal

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newspaper, diary/journal

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E: journey

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voyage

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journée

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day

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E: lecture

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conférence, cours magistral

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Lecture

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reading

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E: library

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bibliothèque

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Librairie

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bookstore

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E: liquor

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alcool, spiritueux

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liqueur

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soda,pop, soft drink

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E: local

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local (adj)

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Local

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room, office

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E: mark (n)

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note, marque

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marque

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mark, brand, make (of car)

73
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E: mark (v)

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corriger, marquer, cocher

74
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Marquer

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leave an impact, affect, indicate, signal

75
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E: marriage

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mariage

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Mariage

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marriage, wedding (ceremony)

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E: mechanic

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mécanicien

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mécanique

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machinery

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E: medecine

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remède, médicament

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médecin

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Doctor

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E: note

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note de musique, notes pris en classe

82
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Note

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musical note, mark

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E: parent

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mère père

84
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Parent

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relative (family members, especially who do not live with you)

85
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E: photograph

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photographie

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Photographe

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photographer

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E: phrase

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expression, locution, partie de phrase

88
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Phrase

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sentence

89
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E: piece

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morceau, bout, fragment

90
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Pièce

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pièce, room, play (théâtre), song, coin

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E: process

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processus, méthode, procédure

92
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Procès

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trial, lawsuit

93
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E: professor

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professeur

94
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Professeur

A

teacher (primary, high school and cegep)

Professor (university usually having a doctorate)

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E: relation

Relation (pl)

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parent (autree que père, mère, frère, soeur)

relations (entre deux pays)

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Relation

relations

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relationship

relations (between two countries

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E: rest

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se reposer

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Rester

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stay, live

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E: resume (v)

resume (n)

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reprendre, recommencer

CV, curriculum vitae

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résumer

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summarize, lump up

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E: sensible

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sensé, raisonnable

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sensible

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sensitive

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E: severe

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sévère, ferme

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Sévère

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strict

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E: shocked

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en état de choc, renversé, scandalisé

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Choqué

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angry, upset

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E: souvenir

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souvenir (objet)

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souvenir

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memory, récollection, memento

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E: stage

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phase, période scène

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stage

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work program example

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e: Store

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magasin

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store

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blind, window screen

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E: sympathetic

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compatissant, compréhensif

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Sympathique

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nice, likeable, kind

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E: temperature

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température (degrés)

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température

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weather

117
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E: vacancy

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vacance chambre d’hôtel

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vacance

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vacation, holiday