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1
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Incitations

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Inventives

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Doubler

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To double

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Moitié

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Half

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Habitants

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Inhabitants

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A peu près

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Roughly

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Soudain

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Sudden

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People who are travelling to/for work

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Commuters

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Assez (enough)

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Sufficient

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Les travailleurs sont en grève

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The workers are on strike

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Être pressé

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Be in a hurry

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Volontairement

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On purpose

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Il y a 2 millions de chômeurs

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There are 2 million out of work

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À l’heure / avant l’heure

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On time / in time

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Intimidant / décourageant

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Daunting

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Être déterminé

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To be resolute / to be bend on

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17
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Cambriolage

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Burglary

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18
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Un coupable

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A culprit

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19
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Un potentiel…

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A would be…

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20
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À la pointe / première ligne

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Frontline

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21
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Dépasser

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Outnumber / outpace

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22
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Soudoyer / un pot de vin

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To bribe / a bribe

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Être plus malin / plus intelligent

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Outsmart

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Se débarrasser de

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To get rid of

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Dénoncer

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To expose

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Rendement / rapporter, produire

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Yield / to yield

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27
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Saper / ébranler

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To undermine

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28
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Rapport

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Account

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29
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Épais

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Thick

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30
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Être noté

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To be graded

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31
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Proche de

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Near to

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32
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À l’intérieur des terres

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Deep inside the land

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33
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Sévère

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Harsh

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34
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Partialité, préjugé / influencer

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Bias / to bias

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35
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Doux / modéré

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Mild (ex : mild winter)

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36
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Annuler

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To call off

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37
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Admirer / respecter qqun

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To look up to sb

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38
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Fiable

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Reliable

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39
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Avoir un effet négatif sur

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To impinge on

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40
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Présence / en présence de

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Attendance / in attendance of

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41
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La participation / participer

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The attendance / to attend

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42
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Un cours ( 3 mots)

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A course / a class / a subject (=une matière)

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43
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Préparer qqch

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Tu run up smth

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44
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Un serment

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An oath

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45
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Principal / traditionnel

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Mainstream

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46
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Nourrir

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To nuture / to feed

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47
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Foule

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Crowd

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48
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Mensonge

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Falsehood

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49
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Fléau

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Scourge

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50
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Faire cesser quelque chose

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To squeeze smthg = to stop it from happening

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51
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Ancré

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Ingrained / entrenched

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Précurseur

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Forerunner

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Provoquer / causer

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To stir

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Imprudent

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Reckless

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Durée / longueur

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Length

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Le dossier

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The record / file

57
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Suivre le pas

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To keep the Pace

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Abandonné / en piteux état / falling appart

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Derelict

59
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Athlétisme

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Track and field

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Exhausteur de saveur

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Flavour enhancer

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Minutieux / très détaillé

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Thorough

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Réprimer (start dealing with smthg much more strictly)

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To crack down on

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Passer au premier plan (ex : un débat)

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To come to the fore

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Remettre en question

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To call into question

65
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Assister / constater

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To witness

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Bien être

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Welfare

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Lourd

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Heavy

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Alimenter

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To fuel

69
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Fierté

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Pride

70
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Incendie criminel

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Arson

71
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Criminel

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Perpetrator

72
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Omniprésence

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Ubiquity

73
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Remarquable / en suspens ou non résolu (ex : pbm)

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Outstanding

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Appareil

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Device

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Épuisant

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Gruelling

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Peu peuplé

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Sparsely populated

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Deux fois plus

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Twice as many

78
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Corvée

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Chore (pronounce tch)

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Obstacle / difficulté

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Hurdle

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Déclencher / provoquer

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To trigger

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Démantèlement

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Dismantling

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Nuire / causer des dommages

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To take a toll on

83
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Prospérer / se développer

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To thrive

84
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Empêcher

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To prevent

85
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Plus loin

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Further afield

86
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Mentionné

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Muted / mentionned

87
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S’inscrire

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To enroll

88
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Améliorer / augmenter

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Enhance

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Caractéristique

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Feature

90
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Quelqu’un qui ne boit pas d’alcool

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Teetotaller

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Réduire

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To cut down

92
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Éliminer

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To cut out

93
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Saignant

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Rare

94
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Temps libre

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Spare time

95
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S’abstenir

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To refrain

96
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Être perplexe / pas très bien comprendre

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To be puzzled

97
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Très insuffisant

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Far too short

98
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Ennemis

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Foes

99
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Raisonnable

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Sensible / reasonable

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Au début

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At the onset

101
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Soutenir / affirmer

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To contend

102
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Au hasard

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At random / by chance

103
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0

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Love / naught

104
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Lancer, initier, déclencher

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To launch

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Breveté

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Patended

106
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Stupéfait / abasourdi

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Stunned

107
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Desagreable / mauvais

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Nasty

108
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Victimes

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Casualties

109
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Fonctionnaire

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Official

110
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Douane

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Customs

111
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Laïque

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Secular

112
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Bizarrerie

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Oddity

113
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Injustifié / excessif

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Undue

114
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En fonction de (graphiques)

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As a function of time

115
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Comme pourcentage du budget

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As a per cent of the budget

116
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Inconvénient

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Drowback

117
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Moyen

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Means (of transport) / way

118
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De pire en pire

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From bad to worse

119
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Personal opinion (3)

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It seems to me that / i cannot deny that / I am convinced that

120
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Ce fait est prouvé par…

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This fact is evidenced/endorsed/ supported by

121
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Point de vue général

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It is generally thought that / a popular belief is that / a common opinion is that

122
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Généralité

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Generally speaking / on the whole (dans l’ensemble)

123
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Conclusion

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To summarise / overall /taking everything into consideration

124
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Négliger

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Neglect

125
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Par mon expérience de tout les jours, je peux dire…

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From my everyday experience I can claim that

126
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Enrichissant / gratifiant

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Rewarding

127
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Langue maternelle

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Mother tongue

128
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Horaire

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