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1
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Walk up the street

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Monter la rue

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Walk down the street

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Descendre la rue

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Not even one

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Pas une seule de

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to keep a low profile

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raser les murs

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misdemeanour

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un méfait

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burst/ quick succession

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en rafale

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stock market

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bourse

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a con

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une entourloupe

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reluctantly

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à reculons

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to question

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interpeller

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to arrest

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interpeller

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backlash

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un retour de bâton

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ready meals

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la nourriture préparée

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a phoney

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un bidon (fam)

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a trump card/ asset

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un atout

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to plummet

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dégringoler

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spearhead

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un fer de lance

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offspring

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un repoussoir

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to push and shove

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jouer des coudes

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the same as

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idem

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to take down

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décrocher

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pick up the phone

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décrocher

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to land

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décrocher

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to win

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décrocher

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wings (theatre)

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les coulisses

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tempting

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alléchant

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out of control

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faire n’importe quoi

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Harmful effects

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méfait

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low end

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bas de gamme

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not long lasting

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un feu de paille

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to be old AF

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sucrer les fraises/ être gâteaux

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to be part of

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relever de

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to dream

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rever de/ à qqn

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to think about

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penser à

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to have an opinion

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penser de

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just as

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tout aussi

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to expect

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s’attendre

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fued

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Querelle

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dark

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noir

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to lead

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diriger

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to face

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faire face

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qualified

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qualifié

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to leave open

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laissé overt

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towards (physically)

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vers

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towards (remark etc)

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envers

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to run for

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se présenter à/ être à la présidentielle

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to be fond of

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être friand de

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among others

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aux allures

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the decline

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le déclin

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to be in contention

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être en live

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to finish off

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boucler

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to refuse to have anything to do with someone

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bouder qqn

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competitive

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concurrentiel

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rémunérer

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to reward

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buying power

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pouvoir d’achat

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to rocket/ shoot up

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monter en frèche

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to melt away/ vanish

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anéantir

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58
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subsidised

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subventionné

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the launch

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le lancement

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undeniably

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indéniablement

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to spy

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espionner

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inciter

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to encourage

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the scale/ extent

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l’ampleur

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supplier

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fournisseur

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to issue

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émettre

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ladder

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échelle

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to devote oneself to

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s’adonner à

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68
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a craze

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un engouement

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to probe

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sonder

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70
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livelihood

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le gagne-pain

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to put to the test

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au banc d’essai

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72
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magic word

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maître mot

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73
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to entice

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appâter

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74
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to come out on top

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faire la course en tête

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75
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to prove oneself

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faire ses preuves

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current affairs

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l’actualité

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77
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ratings

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les chiffres

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78
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to spit

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cracher

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79
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to take the piss

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se foutre de qqn

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80
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to be way ahead

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caracoler en tête

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81
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digital

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numérique

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82
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every time

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toutefois

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83
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idleness

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farniente

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84
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bulky/ heavy

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encombrante

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to safeguard

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sauvegarder

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86
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dust

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la poussière

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gap

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la lacune

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multi-purpose

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polyvalent

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89
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to read

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bouquiner

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dazzling

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éblouissant

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there’re nothing like

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rien ne vaut

92
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drawback

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un bémol

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wireless

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sans fil

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printer

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imprimante

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to be good at something

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assurer en qqch

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to head for

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mettre le cap sur

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enclosure

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enceinte (f)

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break a barrier

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franchir le cap

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devastation

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ravage

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to come up against

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heurter

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a challenge

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défi

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a controversy

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une controverse

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gossip

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potin (m)

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the anonymity

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anonymat (m)

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to complain about

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se plaindre de qch

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to accuse someone of

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accuser qqn de

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to be overwhelmed

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être dépassé par les événements

108
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to converse with someone

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s’entretenir avec qqn

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to create devastation

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faire des ravages

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to aim for

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viser à

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at the close

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en clôture

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staggering

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époustouflant

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pioneer

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précurseur

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to begin

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se mettre à

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to volunteer

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bénévolat

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in any case

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en tout cas

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to detail

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détailler

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time and time again

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maintes fois

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once

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une fois

120
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deterioration

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degradation

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parking

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le stationement

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following the example

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à l’instar de

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to go hand in hand with

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aller avec de pair

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from (+date)

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dès (2015)

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to intend

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entendre

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by the year…

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d’ici

127
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deadline

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l’échéance

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blame something on someone

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reprocher qc à qn

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to commit yourself to doing something

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s’engager à faire qqch

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to come into being

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côtoyer

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to compensate someone

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rémunérer qn

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to enlarge

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agrandir

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faire défaut

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to be lacking

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surely

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carrément

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to pretend to do something

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faire mine de faire qqch

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inescapable

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incontournable

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to solve

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remédier

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to compete in

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participer à/ disputer

139
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to abolish

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supprimer

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to take off/ become popular/ successful

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décoller

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to continue/ go on

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se passer

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tuition fees

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les doits/ frais d’inscription

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inefficient

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inefficace/ peu performant

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overworked

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surmené

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to set about

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entreprendre qc de faire qqc

146
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a success/ achievement

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un aboutissement

147
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to simplify/ clarify things

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remettre des chose à plat

148
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to be out of sync

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être décalé

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to be a foregone conclusion

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d’être couru d’avance

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a pill

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une pilule

151
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to hold out

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tenir le coup

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to establish

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instaurer

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aftercare

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le suivi médical

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to instil

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inculquer

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at work

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au bureau

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the general public

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le grand public

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to be modelled on

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d’être calqué sur

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to praise

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vanter

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to heighten public awareness

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sensibiliser la population sur

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to neglect/ abandon

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délaisser qqch

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to be not afraid of doing something

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rechigner à faire qqch

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to imply

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laisser entendre que

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to request

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requérir

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lawn

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la pelouse

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wing

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aile

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to struggle to do something

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peiner à fair qqch

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to sicken/appal

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ulcérer

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summon up one’s patience

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s’armer de patience

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lightening/ quick

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fulgurant

170
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devastating

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foudroyant

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to dispense

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délivrer

172
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retirement age

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à l’âge de la retraite

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drug addiction

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la toxicomanie

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to decline/ go down

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reculer

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to eradicate

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éradiquer

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to be in support of something

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être avocat de qqch

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bouleverser

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to turn something upside down (fig)

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the years to come

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les années à venir

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to give up something

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le sevrage tabagique

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to disregard something

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ne pas tenir compte de

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to take it easy

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y aller doucement

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graduate

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diplômée

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a finalist

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un élève de terminale

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to play truant

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to play truant

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to go astray

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se fourvoyer

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to get a job

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décrocher un poste

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an application (job)

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une demande

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labour/job market

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marché du travail

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job prospects

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débouchés

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to be in high spirits

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avoir le morale

191
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to be really down

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avoir le moral dans les chaussettes

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an asset

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un atout

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to be riddled with

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être truffé de

194
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daytime robbery

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l’arnaque (f)

195
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frozen food

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surgelé

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to be contorted

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révulsé

197
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to sell

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écouler

198
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roots

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les racines/ les origines

199
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to sue

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poursuivre en justice/ attaquer

200
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to sneak out

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sortir discrètement/ furtivement

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to lodge a complaint against

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porterplainte contre

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to manage to

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reussir à/ arriver à/ parvenir à

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to grant something

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accorder à/ octroyer à

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a merger

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une fusion

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heritage

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le patrimoine

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inheritance

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un héritage

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to be charged

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être incriminé

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to relaunch a project

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ressusciter un projet

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ASAP

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dans les meilleurs délais

210
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to support someone

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soutenir qqn

211
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reluctance

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la frilosité

212
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common thread

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fil rouge

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keen

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féru

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fate

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sort

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tycoon

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magnat

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to quit/ fail

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flancher

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wedding ceremony

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noce

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pushchair

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poussette

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a penny

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un sou

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a godsend

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une manne

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dying

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moribond

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a batch

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une fournée

223
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business takings

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recette

224
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defining moment/ pinnacle

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point d’orgue

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executive

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cadre

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