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1
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avoir sommeil

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to be sleepy

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parfois

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sometimes

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avoir envie de

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to want

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une batîse

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stupid/foolish

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avoir honte

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to be ashamed

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avoir lieu

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to take place

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avoir l’air

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to look (like)

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le stationnement

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parking

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se garer

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to park

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méchant

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mean

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laid

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ugly/plain

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ennuyeux

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boring

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silencieux

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quiet

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bruyant

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loud

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courageux

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brave

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bête

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stupid

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travailleur

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hard working

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paresseux

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lazy

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cependant

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however

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la écriture

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writing/handwriting

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guère

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hardly (very little)

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œuvres

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works (ie art works)

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pourtant

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however

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prévue

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planned

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rédiger

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to draft / to write

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soumettre

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to submit

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apprécier

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to appreciate OR to appraise/evaluate

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rédaction

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composition / writing

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exposer

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to expose OR to exhibit

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l’espèce

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cash (money)

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susciter

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to stir up / give rise to

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Bien que

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Although

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échouer

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to fail

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l’échec

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failure / failings

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chuter

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to fall

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lorsque

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when

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le contrat

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contract

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rompre

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to break off / burst

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selon

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according to

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l’échantillon

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sample

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la expédition

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the sending/shipment (of packages)

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mettre en demeure

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to give notice

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une remise

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deferment

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approfondir

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to deepen

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le dirigeant

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director / administrator

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le colloques

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forum / conference

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s’expatrier

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to leave one’s country

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polyvalent

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multi-purpose

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polycompétent

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x

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l’esprit de synthèse

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x

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poursuivre

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to persue

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puisque

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since

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étant donné que

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given that

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se tromper

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to be wrong / mistaken

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ne pas quittez

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hold on (while on the phone)

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prévenir

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to warn

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épeler

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to spell

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le lointain

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the background / in the distance

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apercevoir

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to perceive / to discern

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un aperçu (noun)

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an overview (of a problem)

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aperçu (adj)

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perceived

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en outre,

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furthermore,

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faire un pas

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to take a step

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aussitôt

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immediately

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se heurter

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to bump into

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la rafale

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gust (of wind)

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un plainte

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a complaint

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le sifflement

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whistling (sound) / hiss

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siffler

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to whistle

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l’épaule

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shoulder

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le poignet

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wrist

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le cou

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neck

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vivement

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vigorously

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rendre

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to hand in / to return

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un nuage

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cloud

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envahir

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to invade / overrun

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l’éclair

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a flash

78
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se réfugier

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to take refuge

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l’orage

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storm

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le rocher

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rock / boulder

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coup de tonnerre

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thunderclap

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éclater

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to shatter / to explode

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nuée

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a cloud (of smoke)

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le sommet

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summit

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rebondir

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to bounce / to rebound

86
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affreux

A

horrible

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toute autre chose

A

anything else

88
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blafard

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pale

89
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entrecouper

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to punctuate

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le rugissement

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roar

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hurler

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to scream

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sans cesse

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continually / always

93
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grondement

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rumble / boom

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arriéré

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backward / old fashioned

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reculer

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to retreat / back up

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valoir

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to be worth / to deserve

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épouser

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to marry / wed

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ailleurs

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elsewhere

99
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d’ailleurs

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anyway

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dans le fond

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deep down

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dégoûter

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to disgust

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taire

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to keep quiet

103
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ardent

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scorching

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récapituler

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to summarize

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apparaître

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to appear / to seem

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le rongeur

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rodent

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convenir

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to be appropriate

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éclairer

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to light up / to brighten

109
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le meuble

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a piece of furniture

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mettre en colère

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to anger

111
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craindre

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to fear / to be afraid

112
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avoir la trentaine / la quarantaine / la cinquantaine

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30-something / 40-something / 50-something

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mettre fin à

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to end / to put an end to

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tenter

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to tempt / to be tempted by an opportunity

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aboutir

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to succeed / to come to fruition

116
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autant

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as many

117
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la borne

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boundary / limit

118
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entreprendre

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to undertake

119
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un pompier

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fireman

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enfoncer

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to force / to break down

121
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reprocher

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to express disapproval of

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s’occuper de

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to look after / take care of

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licencier

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to lay off (also: renvoyer)

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postuler

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to apply / to postulate

125
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passer à l’action

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to take action

126
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Il a vite gravi les échelons

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he rose quickly through the ranks

127
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salaire brute

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gross salary

128
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l’introduction en bourse

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IPO

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cotation

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quoting of values on the stock exchange

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renoncer à

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to call it quits

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auparavant

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previously

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en autre

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furthermore

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peser

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to weigh

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inutile

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useless

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farouche

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fierce / ferocious

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