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1
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slaughter

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tuerie

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to boast

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se vanter

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as the whole

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dans son ensemble

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According to the Second Amendment, any american citizen has the right to keep and bear arms.

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Selon le 2e Amendement, tous les citoyens américains ont le droit de porter et de soutenir les armes

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thorough

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minutieux

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mandatory

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obligatoire

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Par l’entrebâillement des portes

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And through the doors left ajar

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Grand vestibule

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Large hall (hôtel, theater) / large entrance (building)

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Apercevoir, entrevoir

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Catch a glance of

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Fixer

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Stare at

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Organiser

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Arrange

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Air dépassée

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In the stale air

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Suspendre

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Hang

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Indiquer

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Show

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Acier

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Steel

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Vapeur

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Steam

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8h10

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Ten past eight

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Empester / puer

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Reek (reek of sth)

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Doubles vitres

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Double-glazed Windows

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Le silence était si profond dans cette pièce qu’elle entendait le léger grésillement du néon

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There was such a deep silence in the room that she could hear the gentle crackling sound of the neon

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Bourdonnement

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Hamming / buzzing

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Leger

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Gentle / slightly / faintly / gently

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En face

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Opposite

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Moteur

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Engine

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Faire un arc de cercle

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Semi-circle

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Detourner

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Avert

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Une poignee de

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Smattering

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Sourd

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Muffled

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Ruisseau

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Stream

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Se promener

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Walk about along around

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Aller vers qq qqch

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Walk up

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Se promener aux côtés de

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Walk by

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S’approcher de / traverser

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Walk over

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Assister qq dans qq ch

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Walk through

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Dépasser

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Hang out

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36
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Tenir bon

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Hang in

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37
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Figurant

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Walk-on actor

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38
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Marcher la tête haute

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Walk tall

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39
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Descendre

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Walk down

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40
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Disparaître

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To go for a walk / TO FADE AWAY

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41
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Plaquer, rompre

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Walk out on

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42
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Faire ce que l’on dit

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Walk to walk

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43
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Faire une escale pour la nuit

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To stop over

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44
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Overhaul

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Réparer une voiture

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45
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Le samedi

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On saturday

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46
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Flamme

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Wildfire

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Ils avaient joué de malheur

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They had Been ill-fated

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48
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Even so/ despite

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Malgré

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49
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With hindsight

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Avec le recul

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50
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Se suicider

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To commit a suicide / to kill yourself

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51
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Se désister

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To step down

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52
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Worrying

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Toss and turn all night

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53
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Etre touche par une balle

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To mow down from a bullet

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54
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Serrer très fort

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Hold tight

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55
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Cuisses

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Thighs

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56
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Éclat d’obus

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Shrapnel

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57
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Morceau

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Fragment

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58
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Lécher

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Lap at

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59
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Avoir un tour d’avance sur

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To lap

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60
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Grimacer

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Wince

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61
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Faire tout son possible / lutter

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To shrive

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62
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Crampe

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Pang

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63
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Soulever / se soulever

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Raise / rise

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Penser en so-même

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To think to yourself

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Sifflement

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Hissing

66
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Avec un taux d’immigration aussi élevé, L’intégration ne serait pas possible

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Contended that with such high immigration rates, Integration was nowhere near possible

67
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Encourager la croissance économique

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To foster economic growth

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Élargir

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Widen

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Contenir l’immigration

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To stem to contain to curb the immigration

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global bone of contention

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sujet de discorde international

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sluggish economic activity

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activité économique endormi

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workforce

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main d’oeuvre

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frown / frown upon

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froncer les sourcils / désapprouver

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graduate in medicine and in engineering

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être diplômé de

75
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to entail a myriad of issues

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impliquer d’innombrables pb

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debt-ridden

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criblé de dettes

77
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pull factor

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facteur incitatif

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to squirm

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se tortiller

79
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hurler de douleur

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to hawl in pain

80
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stem / contain / curb immigration

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limiter l’immigration

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J’ai envie de

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I fell like + verbe en ing

82
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Mettre quelqu’un dans une grande douleur

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Wrench at

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J’ai failli pleurer

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I was on the verge of tears

84
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Pas le moindre

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Whatsover

85
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Tout de même

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Even so

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Paraît-il

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Apparently

87
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Cercueil

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Coffin

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J’avoue

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I must confess

89
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Tranquillement / de façon décontractée

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Casually

90
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Plein de

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By the bushel = in spades = load of

91
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Sursaut

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Joilt

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Déchirant

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Heart-wrenching

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Disparaitre

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Fade away

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Quelques grains de beauté

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Smattering of freckles

95
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à en croire certains

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if I am to give some credit to certain

96
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m’incommode

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bother me

97
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une haleine

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the breath

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je vis seule

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i live by myself

99
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matou

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tom

100
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qui n’a pour particularité notable que de sentir mauvais des pattes

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who has no other specificc trait than to have stinting paws

101
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lui comme moi

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neither he nor I make much effort/strive/endeavour

102
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comme je suis rarement aimable

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As I am rarely kind to people

103
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on me tolère tout de même

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they bear with me nevertheless

104
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il est dit que

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it is said that

105
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doze

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sommeiller

106
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pauper

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very poor people

107
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être un gros pépère

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to be a fatso

108
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être en surpoids

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to be overweight

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être potelé

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to be chubby

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la deveine me poursuit / j’ai été sous l’emprise de la mauvaise chance

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I’ve been in bad luck’s grip

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économies

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savings

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awning

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store

113
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la moitié et le reste

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the half and the other half

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traverser

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to go through

115
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on sent que

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it is obvious

116
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caisse

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till

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il est tourmenté par le remords

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he is feeling awfully guilty

118
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to wonder at

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s’émerveiller

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on dirait

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it sounds or it looks like

120
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bel hotel particulier avec cour et jardins intérieur

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fine-looking mansion with interior courtyard gardens

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veuve

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widow

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compris?

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understand ?

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fierté

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pride

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to have breakfast

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prendre le petit déj

125
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robe de chambre

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dressing-gown

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feuilleter

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turn over the pages

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fievreusement

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feverishly

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tic/ avoir un mouvement convulsif

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twitch

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je vous le passe

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i’ll connect you to

130
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J’étais à moins de vingt mètres derrière lui…

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I was a few feet away from him

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ne pas être conscient de

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unaware

132
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se promener

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to go for a walk

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banlieue / de banlieue

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suburb / suburban

134
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se rapprocher de

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to get closer to sbdy

135
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par crainte de le perdre dans la foule…

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I feared I might lose him in the crowd

136
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avec férocité

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fiercely

137
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juge d’instruction

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examining magistrate

138
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tribunal correctionel

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magistrate’s court

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court d’assise

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assize court

140
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procureur

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prosecutor

141
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commencer

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start

142
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contempler

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gaze at

143
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crépuscule / nuit tombante

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at dusk

144
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assombrissement

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darkening

145
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marée / la vague de qqch

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tide / the tide of

146
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en attendant

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in the meantime

147
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devait

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were to

148
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traître

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treacherous

149
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des principe

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a creed

150
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de manière avisée, intelligemment

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wisely

151
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qui se fait des idées

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deluded

152
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pouvoir destructeur, force fatale

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juggernaut

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corrompu

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crooked

154
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viande froide

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cooked meat

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opprimé / piétiné

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downtrodden

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munition/ armes

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ammunition

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