French Vocab 1 Flashcards

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1
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To push back

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Repousser

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To prove a point

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étayer

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to remover or withdraw

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prélever

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to alienate someone

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se mettre quelqu’un à dos

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a stand or stall

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un étal

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to roast

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torréfier

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a shape

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une forme

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to focus on

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mettre l’accent sur

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thrust of a knife

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un coup de lame

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to spread out, to extend

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étendre

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to undertake

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entreprendre

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it’s hardly reasonable

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ce n’est guère raisonnable

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to promote

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promouvoir

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a raise

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une augmentation

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they know how to manage their business

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ils savent gérer leurs affaires

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to move or stir

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émouvoir

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the director never keeps his promises

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le directeur ne tient jamais ses promesses

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18
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caffeine keeps her awake

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le caféine la tient éveillée

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19
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she’s having the dress made

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elle fait faire la robe

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decidedly, clearly, markedly

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nettement

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preliminary, prior

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Préalable

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to withdraw, leave, retire

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se retirer

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to blend

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se mêler

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to urge

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presser

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to tie/tie up, to establish

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nouer

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to draw up

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dresser

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a shrub

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une arbuste

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barn

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une grange

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fundamentally

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foncièrement

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30
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to escape the daily grind

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sortir de la grisaille quotidienne

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ugly, rude, disgusting

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laid

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32
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he can’t help it

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il n’y peut rien

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33
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rabbit hutch

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un clapier

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pulling out, digging out

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l’arrachage

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dullness

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la grisaille

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36
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yew tree

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un if

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37
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to set one’s heart on

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jeter son dévolu sur

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embankment

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un talus

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concrete slab

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une dalle de béton

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there’s no doubt about it

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ça n’a pas fais un pli

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weeding

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arrachage des mauvaises herbes

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to enact, decree

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édicter

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43
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to sniff

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renifler

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44
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it’s rude to do that

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c’est laid de faire ça

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45
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to lift up

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soulever

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advocated

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prôné

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47
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patented

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breveté

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exclusive

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fusionnel

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49
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to beset

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assaillir

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50
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reach out to someone

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tendres les bras

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51
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devestated

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boulversé

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52
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at the very most

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a tout casser

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53
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to get oneself into, to let oneself in for

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s’embarquer dans

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54
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moreover

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du surcroît

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55
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to stammer

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balbutier

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56
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to provide care, offer treatment

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prodiguer des soins

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57
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to demonstrate, show

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faire preuve de

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58
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to lose one’s temper

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s’emporter

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59
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to contain

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renfermer

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60
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disturbed

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perturbé

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61
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to echo in one’s head

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résonner en quelqu’un

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62
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crazy

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loufoque

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63
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to sneak in

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s’incruster

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64
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to pass away

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s’éteindre

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65
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eventually

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a terme

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66
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to not be able to take it anymore

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ne plus y tenir

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67
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homeless person

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sans domicile fixe (SDF)

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decent

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digne

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69
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to waste

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gaspiller

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70
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gathered

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recensé

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soil

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le terreau

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72
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in short

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en somme

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73
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in need

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démuni

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begging

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mendicité

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75
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pension fund

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une caisse de retraite

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to suppress

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refouler

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77
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contempt

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le mépris

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to infringe on

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porter atteinte à

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omnipotence

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la toute puissance

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80
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discussion, consultation

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concertation

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81
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arrival

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l’avènement

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82
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to look at something objectively

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prendre de la hauteur

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83
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to admit to

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concéder

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84
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to highlights

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mettre en lumière

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85
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to highlight

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mettre en lumière

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86
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a stir or impact

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un retentissement

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87
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indeed

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effectivement

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88
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exciting, booming

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en ébullition

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89
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easy

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évidente

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90
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interwoven

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entrelacé(e)

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91
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a course of action

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une ligne de conduite

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92
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springboard

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un tremplin

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fabric, material

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une étoffe

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to arrange

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disposer

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to follow suit

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emboîter le pas à quelqu’un

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to darken, cloud over

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s’assombrir

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questionable

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contestable

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to proudly wear

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porter haut les couleurs

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to be on the rise

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avoir le vent en poupe

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to stay true to

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rester fidèle à

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a prejudice

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un préjugé

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behind the scenes

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les coulisses (f)

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material, fabric

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un tissu

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along with

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conjointement à

105
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to be less cautious

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se montrer moins frileux

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simplistic

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réducteur

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exploit, stunt

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un coup d’éclat

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to sum up, to come down to, to be limited to

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se résumer à

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physical store

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une enseigne physique

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hand crafted

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artisanal

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to originate from

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puiser sa source dans quelques choses

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another step

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un pas de plus

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the main courtyard

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la cour d’honneur

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chandelier

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une lustre

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mansion

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un hôtel particulier

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to put into practice

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appliquer

117
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to put into practice

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appliquer

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expense report

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un bilan des dépenses

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to network

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être mis en réseau

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fern

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une fougère

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domestic violence

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la violence conjugale

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to inject some freshness

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insuffler de la fraîcheur

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on a personal level

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à titre personnel

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gilding

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la dorure

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splendour

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le faste

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power to get things done

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un levier d’action

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spin off product

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un produit dérivé

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to pick up, capture

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capter

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tons of

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un tas de

130
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a belief

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une croyance

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food bank

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une banque alimentaire

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to keep going, to hold on

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tenir le coup

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to have to do with

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avoir trait à

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legal network

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un dispositif légal

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to move in

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emménager

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a range

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une gamme

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to fit out

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aménager

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unwell, indisposed

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incommodé

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denial

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un démenti

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to supervise, train

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encadrer

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a mixture, hotchpotch

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un amalgam

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to ill treat

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brutaliser

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to ill treat

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brutaliser

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run-off

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le ruissellement pluviale

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to fill in

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combler

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to empty, drain, dry up

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assècher

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to spread

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répandre

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unquestionable, indisputable

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incontestable

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to lie at anchor

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mouiller en rade

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to pile, hoard, cram

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entasser

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to be left stranded

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rester en rade

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threshold, doorstep, doorway

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le seuil

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shore

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la grève

154
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harbour

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la rade

155
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to get stuck, bogged down

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s’enliser

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fruitful, productive

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fructueux/fructeuse

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moat, drainage ditch

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un douve

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a separatist

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un/une autonomiste

159
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to leave somebody stranded

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laisser quelqu’un en rade

160
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to leave somebody stranded

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laisser quelqu’un en rade

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liver fluke

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une douve de foie

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streaming, cascading, dripping

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le ruissellement

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to go back 20 yrs

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remonter 20 ans en arrière

164
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a commitment

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un engagement

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water streaming down the windows

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le ruissellement de l’eau sur les vitres

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to go back in time

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remonter dans le temps

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to leave with warning

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partir sans prévenir

168
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to make a commitment

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prendre un engagement

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taxpayer

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un/une contribuable

170
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to chase

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poursuivre

171
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ignorant

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ignare

172
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to subsidise

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subventionner

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to keep, hold, possess

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détenir

174
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code of silence, honour

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une omertà

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to be part of

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faire partie

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Incentive

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Une incitation

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out of date

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périmé

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livestock

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le cheptel

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without prior notice

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sans avis préalable

180
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harmony

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l’entente (f)

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shareholder

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un/une actionnaire

182
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to plead

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plaider

183
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to continue

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se poursuive

184
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to get closer, nearer

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se rapprocher

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subsidy

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une subvention

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precondition, preliminary

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un préalable

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to get out of control

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déraper

188
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on a drip

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sous perfusion

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gap, discrepancy, time lag

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le décalage

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to recommend, advocate

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préconiser

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discharge, waste

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un rejet

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loan

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un prêt

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to create, acquire, set up

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se doter

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I’m completely knackered

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je suis complètement claqué

195
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breaking off, rupture

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une rupture

196
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market, outlet

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un débouché

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administrator

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un/une gestionnaire

198
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to fall, drop, go down, decline

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décroître

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intervention

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l’entremise (f)

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to lead to, to end up in

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aboutir

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disillusioned

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désabusé(e)

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sign, notice board, panel

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un panneau

203
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to repay

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rembourser

204
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to tangle, confuse

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embrouiller

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margin, scope, leeway

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une marge

206
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unstoppable

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imparable

207
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old granny

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une mémère

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blurred, soft, woolly, hazy

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flou(e)

209
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to put into debt

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endetter

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to take shape, begin, be established

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se nouer

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wading bird

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un echaissier

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to glean

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glaner

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worm, maggot, grub

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un ver

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to run aground, to be beached

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s’échouer

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nuthatch

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Une sittelle

216
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ordinary, nondescript

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quelconque

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to challenge, to object to

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récuser

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to get into debt

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s’endetter

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mudflat

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une vasière

220
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the wheels of bureaucracy

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les rouages bureaucratiques

221
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to harm, to be harmful to

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nuire à

222
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deficiency, lack, shortcoming

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un carence

223
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fuzziness, wooliness

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le flou

224
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state of being stranded

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un échouement

225
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to free oneself

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se dégager

226
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to bind, stack. Also to puke

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gerber

227
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to be worn eaten

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être mangé par les vers

228
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to take something/somebody back up (eg upstairs), to climb/come back up

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remonter