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1
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Aller se coucher

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to turn in

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se replier sur soi-même

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to turn in on oneself

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se rendre à la police

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to turn sbdy in

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se présenter

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to turn up

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joyeux/ Jubilatoire/exalté

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gleeful/ Elated

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une couronne/ une auréole

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a wreath

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Allégresse

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Glee

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sauter de joie

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to jump up and down with glee

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large

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broad

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maintenir

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to uphold

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le garant

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the Upholder

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répartir

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to share out/ to divvy up

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depuis le départ

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From the get-go

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14
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Avec désinvolture

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casually

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un bavardage

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a casual discussion

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16
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un emploi à intermittence

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casual Job

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17
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Progrès

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headway

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18
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Faire des progrès

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Make Headway

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19
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Peu de progrès

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Little Headway

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céder/ S’apaiser pour un orage

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to relent/ to slacken

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impitoyable/ implacable

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relentless

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pêcher, faire une erreur

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to err

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s’égarer

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to go astray

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occuper (prendre du temps)

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to while away

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l’erreur est humaine

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to err is human

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Un enfant abandonné

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an astray Child

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être habitué à

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to be wont to

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la bonne volonté

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Willingness

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29
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baisser

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to plummet

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30
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Une sage femme

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a midwife

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31
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stabiliser

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to level off

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32
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un caprice

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a whim

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33
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capricieux/ fantasque

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whimsical

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34
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sur place/ les locaux / sous escorte

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on the premises

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considérant que

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on the premise

36
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être toujours en mouvement

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to be on the go

37
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détester

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to loath

38
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enorme

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tremendous

39
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très positif

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terrific

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très négatif

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Terrible

41
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le simple fait que

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the mere fact that

42
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la moindre

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merest

43
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une aubaine/ un atout

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a boon/ an asset

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accepter

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to settle for

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s’adapter

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to settle in

46
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payer/ faire les comptes

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to settle up

47
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Gratuit, libre

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unfettered

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l’accès libre

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unfettered Access

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entraver/ enchainer

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to fetter

50
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Les entraves de l’ignorance

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the Fetter of Ignorance

51
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Synonyme de Nobody

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a nonendity

52
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avoir l’intention

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to intent

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esquiver

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to dodge/ to side-step/ to duck/ to elude/ to backtrack from

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épineux

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vexing

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écarter/ Exclure

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to preclude

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la perspicacité

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shrewdness

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manquer de

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to be lacking/ to be wanting in

58
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une croyance

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a creed/ a tenet

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faire le nécessaire pour/ faire en sorte que

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to see to it / to see to that

60
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dire au revoir

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to see off

61
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voir dans le jeu de qqn

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to see through

62
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examiner

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to see into

63
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envisager

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to see about

64
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attentiste

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a wait-and-see attitude

65
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la fin, la chute, la mort

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the Demise

66
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apaiser, soulager, dissiper

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to relieve/ to sooth/ to allay/ to alleviate

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une commission

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a panel

68
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réprimer/ étouffer

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to quell

69
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une réduction

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a wane/ a dwindling

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cette sorte de

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ilk

71
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incomber à

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incumbent

72
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aimable

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obliging for

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difficile/ odieux/ éprouvant

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strenuos

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macabre

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gruesome

75
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fulminer

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to rant on

76
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une diatribe, un pamphlet

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a rant

77
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tempêter

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to rant and rave

78
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partir du principe

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to live by a principle

79
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on peut prendre ça pour de

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this attitude can pass off

80
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puer

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to reek

81
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le syndrôme de la page blanche

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writter’s block

82
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Mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné

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It’s better to be alone than in bad company

83
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Un mécène

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a patron

84
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une fausse joie, un feu de paille

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a flash in the pan

85
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tomber à l’eau

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to go down the pan