General Vocab #1 Flashcards

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a bride

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une mariée

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a husband

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un mari

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a wife

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une femme

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to bring together

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réunir

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a right of passage

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un rite de passage

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a stage

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une étape

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in the background

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en arrière plan

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in the front

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au premier plan

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more and more

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de plus en plus

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less and less

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de moins en moins

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to lower

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baisser

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significant

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significatif

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at one time

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autrefois

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rather

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plutôt

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in summary

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en somme

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to struggle to do something

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avoir du mal à

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the language

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le langage

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sophisticated

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sophistiqué

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a metaphor

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une métaphore

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an autobiographical detail

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un détail autobiographique

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dispair

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le désespoir

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the myth of sisyphus

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le Mythe de Sisyphe

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afterlife

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l’au-delà

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a parallel

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un parallèle

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controversial

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controversé

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to be controversial

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faire polémique

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to make the headlines

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faire la une

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a protest

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une manifestation

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a coffin

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un cercueil

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carefree

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insouciant

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of working age

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actif

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to attract

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attirer

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in relation to

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par rapport à

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to undo

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défaire

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to call into question

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remettre en cause

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to provoke

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entraîner

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the french motto

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la devise française

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from then on

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désomais

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troubled

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gêné

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widespread

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répondu

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structure

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un modèle

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to scare

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faire peur

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to disrupt

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perturber

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either…or…

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soit…soit…

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to lift

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élever

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comma

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une virgule

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full time

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à temps plein

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vulnerability

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la précarité

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politics

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la politique

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a policy

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une politique

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to lead to

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mener à

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a widow

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un veuf

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single

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célibataire

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to suffer

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subir

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a half

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une moitié

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a third

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un tiers

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a quarter

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un quart

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to break

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briser

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to last

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durer

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to flow

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couler

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to make something boring

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banaliser

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to forbid

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interdire

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to initiate

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entamer

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pregnant

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enceinte

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a pregnancy

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une grossesse

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to involve

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impliquer

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grow close to someone

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tisser des liens

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a scarcity

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une pénurie

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horrified

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ébranlé

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so that

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afin que

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over 18

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la majorité

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a survey

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un sondage

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a statistic

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un chiffre

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unfinished

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inabouti

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a hangover

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une gueule de bois

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to get better

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guérir

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a testimony

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un témoignage

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a witness

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un témoin

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to confront

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faire face à

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disturbances

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les bouleversements

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a family unit

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une cellule familiale

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around ten

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une dizaine

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such as

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tel que

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including

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y compris

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to confess

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avouer

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older

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aîné

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younger

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cadet

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when

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lorque

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available

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disponible

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current

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actuel

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actually

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actuellement

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current affairs

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les actualités

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social media

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les réseaux sociaux

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the attention of others

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les attentes des autres

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peer pressure

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la pression des paires

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to expect

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attendre à

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childish

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enfantin

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over 18s living with parents

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les tanguy

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privacy

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la vie privée

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to make to most of

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profiter de

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to involve yourself

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s’accrocher

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a disagreement

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un désaccord

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learn from one’s mistakes

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tirer des leçons de ses propres bêtistes

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a lighter

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un briquet

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the sound

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le son

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to scream

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hurler

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hope

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l’espoir

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a lock

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un verrou

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an ashtray

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un cendrier

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a soldier

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un soldat

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a charger

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un chargeur

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to fail

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échouer

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a coward

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un lache

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a needle

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une aiguille

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a net

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un filet

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a ring

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un anneau

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wet

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humide

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to fight

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combattre

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the greed

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la cupidité

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the shadow

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l’ombre

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heavy

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lourd

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the bark

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l’écorce

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darkness

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noirceur

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proud

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fier

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the dungeons

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les cachots

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madness

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la folie

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empty

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vide

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to cancel

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annuler

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the fence

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la barrière

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the doorbell

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la sonnette

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to catch

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attraper

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to give up

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céder à

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the drunk-driving

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la conduite en état d’ivresse

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a heart attack

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la crise cardiaque

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the cirrhosis of the liver

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la cirrhose du foie

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a rehabilitation centre

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un centre de réadaptation

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lung cancer

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le cancer du poumon

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to vape

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vapoter

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binge drinking

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la biture express