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adjoint au chef

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assistant head

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marquant

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significant, notable

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le bourreau

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executioner, torturer

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la plume

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feather, nib, pen

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décerner

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to award

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la ouvrage

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work, piece of work

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insubmersible

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unsinkable

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inflenchir

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to change the course of

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quel

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who, what

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quelle que soit

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whatever

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ce sont

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they are

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le tourment

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torment

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la ascendance

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ancestry

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la escrime

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fencing

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effréné

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wild

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en tant que

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as

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ressortir

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to go out again, stand out

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la epreuve

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test, trial, proof

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la témérité

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rashness

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étonnant

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surprising

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davantage

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more

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à l’aube

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at the dawn

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somnolent

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drowsy, sleepy

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le trublion

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trouble maker

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changeant

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fickle

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la imprudence

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carelessness

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éphémère

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fleeting

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que

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that

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celui que

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the one that

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inexorablement

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inexorably

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le marine de guerre

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navy

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le port d’attache

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home base

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redoutable

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formidable

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le mazout

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oil

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aeronaval

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air and sea

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ecoutes

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listening

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la folie

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madness

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le échec

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failure

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pourtant

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yet

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impitoyable

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merciless

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avant

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before

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maladroit

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clumsy

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assez

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stop

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ne … guère

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scarcely

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la calamité

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disaster

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l’étalon-or

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the gold standard

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son

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his

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en avant

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forward

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le char

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cart, tank

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la querelle

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quarrel

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aisément

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easily

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la viticulture

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wine growing

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implanter

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to establish, implant

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entier

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whole, entire

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inspirer

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to inspire, breathe in

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la antienne

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chant

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rabâcher

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to harp on, keep on repeating

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la vertu

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virtue, quality

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la rage

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rabies, rage, fury

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le aller

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outward journey, one way ticket

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à l’encontre de

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against, counter to

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la âme

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soul

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satané

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damned

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pencher

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to tilt, to lean

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le savant

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scientist

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savant

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scholarly, learned

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le os

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bone

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sans os

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off the bone

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la chair

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flesh

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en chair et en os

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in the flesh

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doré

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gold, golden

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laïque

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secular

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les vieillards

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old people, the elderly

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franc-comtois

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from Franche-Comte

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très lié avec

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very friendly with

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le souvenir

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memory, souvenir

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avec mes affectueux souvenirs

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with love from

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initier

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to initiate

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notable

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noteworthy, notable

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la forme

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form, shape

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hors pair

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oustanding

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toucher

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to touch, affect, concern

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le desiderata

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requirements

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puis

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then, next

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et puis

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and then

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gagner qn

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to win sb over

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la soutenance

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viva

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faire une communication sur

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to give a paper on

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au grand dam de

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much to the annoyance of

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s’ingénier à faire

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to strive to do

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le ver à soie

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silk worm

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la sériciculture

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silkworm farming

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sain

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healthy, wholesome

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congénères

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fellow

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valoir

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to hold, apply, to be worth

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le chevalier

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knight

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nommer

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to call, name, appiont

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maîtriser

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to control, master, bring under control

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entraîner

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to pull, carry along, drag, lead

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spontané

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spontaneous

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ça va barder

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sparks will fly

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la éprouvette

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test tube

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imbattable

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unbeatable

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rebuter

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to put off

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le precepte

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precept

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le rouget

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red mullet

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le bétail

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livestock, cattle

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décimer

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to decimate

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remanier

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to rework, revise

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autant

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so much, so many

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le baignore

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bath, bathtub

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le éleveur

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livestock breeder

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populaire

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working class, popular, mass (modifier)

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empirique

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empirical

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la variole

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smallpox

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affoler

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to throw in to a panic

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angoisser

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distress, worry, fret

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la moelle

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marrow, pith, core

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atténuer

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to alleviate, ease, reduce, lighten

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la plupart

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most, most of them

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la pression

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pressure, beer

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s’emparer de

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to grab, seize

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outre-Atlantique

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across the Atlantic, in America

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briguer

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to seek

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acharnement

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fierceness, relentlessly

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le brevet

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patent

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révéler

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to show, disclose

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étouffant

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stifling

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tardif

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late, late in developing

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doter

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to give a dowry, to endow

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sous-marin

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submarine, underwater

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le paquebot

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liner

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vecu (pp of vivre)

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to live

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vécu

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real-life

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le cratère

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crater

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afficher

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to put up, to post, display

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émettre

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to give out, emit, transmit, express

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le engouement

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passion

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faiblir

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to weaken, dim

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peaufiner

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to polish

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la gestuelle

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body language

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par

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by, with, out of, through

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le rang

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row, rank

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indigne

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unworthy

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la folie

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madness, insanity

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le bain

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bath

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pur

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pure, undiluted

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bouleversant

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distressing, shattering

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bouleverser

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to overwhelm, to shatter

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la chose

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thing

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nul

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no, null, non existent

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nul autre

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no other

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match nul

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draw

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la ampleur

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scale, size, extent

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incarner

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to embody, personify, play

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convoquer

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to convene, summon

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répondre

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to answer, reply

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trier

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to sort out, select, sort

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loufoque

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crazy, zany

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entretenir

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to maintain, support, sustain

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dès

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from

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surexposer

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to overexpose

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le pénombre

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half-light

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nulle part

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nowhere

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la énigme

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riddle

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tiers

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third

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le tiers

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third party

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ailleurs

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elsewhere, somewhere else

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dépeindre

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to depict

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déclassé

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reclassification,

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déclasser

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to decommission, relegate

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raté

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unsuccessful, failed

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le raté

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failure

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répandu

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widespread

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en dehors

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outside, outwards

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celui-ci

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this one

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celles-ci

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these ones

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tracer

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to draw, write

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la revanche

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revenge

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en revanche

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on the other hand

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recaler

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to fail

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grandiloquent

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bombastic

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celui qui

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the one that

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aboutir

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to lead to, end up at

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déchoir

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to lower os, to demean

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la refonte

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reworking

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la norme

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norm, standard

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la spéculation

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speculation

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travestir

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to mispresent

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tromper

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to deceive, cheat on

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me = myself (me)

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myself

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te = yourself (you)

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yourself

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se = himself/herself (him/her)

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himself/herself/itself

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nous = us

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us

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vous = you guys/them

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you guys/them

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