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par-dessus tout

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above all

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réussite, accomplissement, exploit

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achievement

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soulager, apaiser

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alleviate

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modifier

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alter

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autant de … que

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as much (+U)/ as many (+C) as

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tentative, essai

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attempt

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bactérie

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bacterium (pl. bacteria)

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être susceptible de

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be likely to

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bénéfique à

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beneficial to

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bienfait ≠ profit, bénéfice (financier)

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benefit ≠ profit (financial)

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tenir pour responsable, rejeter la faute sur

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blame

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anéantir, détruire, nieller

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blight

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stimuler, améliorer, augmenter

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boost

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se décomposer

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break down

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avancée, progrès majeur

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breakthrough

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élever (anilaux) / cultiver (plantes)

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breed

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élevage (animaux) / culture (plantes)

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breeding

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ramener qqun à la vie

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bring sb back from the dead = resuscitate

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brimades, harcèlement

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bullying = harassment

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bétail, le bétail est dans le pré

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cattler (plural noun !), the cattle are in the field

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produit chimique

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chemical = chemical producte

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clonage

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cloning

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société commerciale ≠ société (sociologie)

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comany ≠ society

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content soi, suffisant

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complacent

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inquiétude

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concern

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consommateur

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consumer

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faire face à

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cope with

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d’entreprise

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corporate

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culture (= plante cultivée)

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crop

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croiser

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crossbreed (tr) = interbreed (tr. and Intr.)

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rudimentaire

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crude

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réduire

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cut (out)

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décennie

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decade

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carence, manque

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deficiency

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disparaître, s’éteindre (espèce)

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die out

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maladie

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disease

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montrer, exhiber

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display

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ADN

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DNA

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ovule

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egg = ovum

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amélioration, mise en valeur (

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enhancement (

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échec

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failure

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peu (>< quelques)

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few (>< a few)

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nourrir

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feed (fed, fed)

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aimer bcp qqch

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fond of sth, be fond of sth

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rempli de, plein de

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fraught with, filled with

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gène

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gene

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patrimoine génétique, génome

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genetic blueprint

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génie génétique

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genetic engineering

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OGM

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GMO= genetically modified organism

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effrayant, qui fait dresser les cheveux sur la tête

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hair-raising

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poignée de

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handful of

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inoffensif (>< nocif, dangereux)

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harmless (>< harmful)

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récolter, prélever

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harvest

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santé

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health

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en bonne santé

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healthy

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troupeau

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herd

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système immunitaire

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immune system

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détériorer, diminuer, affaiblir

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impair

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améliorer(

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improve (

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de cette façon

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in this way

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inciter, persuader qqun de faire qqch

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induce sb to do sth

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complexe

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intricate

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problème

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issue = problem

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ça marche comme sur des roulettes

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it is plain sailing

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dernier (dans le temps) >< dernier (dans l’ordre)

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latest = newest (>< last)

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donner une licence à, permettre

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license

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groupe de pression, lobby

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lobby

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mammifère

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mammal

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le genre humain, l’humanité, les hommes

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mankind

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se développer

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mature

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viande (>viande de boeuf)

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meat (>beef meat)

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imiter

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mimic

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noyau (d’un cellule)

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nucleus (pl. nuclei)

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se produire

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occur = happen

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oublieux de, inconscient de

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oblivious to

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progéniture

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offspring (U)= progeny

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qui contient de l’huile

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oil-bearing

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organe

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organ

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brevet, breveter

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patent (n. and v.)

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évaluer par les paire

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peer-reviewed

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animal de compagnie

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pet

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assembler, reconstituer

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piece together

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mettre fin aux problèmes nutrionnels

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plug nutritional gaps

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enceint (>grossesse)

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pregnant (>pregnancy)

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colza

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rape

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parent(e)

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relative

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écarter, exclure (une possibilité etc.)

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rule sth out

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sécurité

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safety

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échantillon

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sample

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effrayant

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scary

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graine, semence

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seed

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grave

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severe

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éclaire qqch, éclaircir (un mystère, …)

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shed light on sth

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peau

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skin

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soit-disant, prétendy (adj.)

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so-called

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espèce

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species (pl. species)

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toile d’araignée

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spider web

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stupéfiant, ahurissant

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staggering

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marcher à grands pas, arpenter

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stride (strode, stridden)

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souffrir de

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suffer from

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approprié, qui convient

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suitable

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de remplacement, porteuse

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surrogate

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tissu (organique)

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tissue

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transplantation

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transplant = transplantation

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amener qqun à faire qqch (par la ruse)

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trick sb into doing sth

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transformer qqch en qqch

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turn sth into sth

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mauvaise herbe

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weed

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blé, froment

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wheat

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utérus

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womb, uterus

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mammouth laineux

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woolly mammoth

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levure

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yeast

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rendement

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yield

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