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dégringoler

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to tumble down

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le pente

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the slope

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abrupte

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steep/abrupt

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la chaussée

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the pavement

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renversa

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overturned/knocked down

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un poteau

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a pole

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écrabouiller

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to squash

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romper

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to break up

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les haies

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the hedges

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écraser

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to crush

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un troupeau

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herd

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la débandade

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stampede

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piétiner

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to trample

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affolés

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distraught

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fuir

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to run away

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songer

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to think

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ahuris

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bewildered

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impitoyablement

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mercilessly

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le trou

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the hole

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béant

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gaping

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jaillir

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to gush

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la brèche

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the breach

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au bout

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at the end

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au debut

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at the begining

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envahir

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to invade

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le flot

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the flood

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avaler

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to swallow

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essayer

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to try

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barbouillée

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smeared

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sillonner

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criss-crossing

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ineffable

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ineffable (unspeakable)

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l’écurie

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the stable

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jeu de quilles

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game of bowling (also skittles)

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paisible

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peaceful

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à pêcher

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to fish

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pencher

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to lean (often reflexive)

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une pente

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a slope

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la falaise

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the cliff

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précéder

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to precede

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affamée

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hungry

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furent

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were (etre passe simple)

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engloutir

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To swallow up

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une centaine

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one hundred

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ayant

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having (avoir passe simple)

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atteindre

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to achieve

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le rebord

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the flange

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heurter

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to hit

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L’éclaboussement

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The splash

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couler

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to sink

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se balancer

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to swing

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meurtri

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bruised

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la bosse

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bump

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gésir

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to lie

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fouillis

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mess

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pourtant

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however

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un éclat

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a burst

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cauchemar

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nightmare

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tantôt

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sometimes

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le plancher

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floor

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le plafond

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ceiling

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secoué

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shaken

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un tamis

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sieve

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inépuisables

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inexhaustible strength

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un géant

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a giant

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luisant

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shiny

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la poutre

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the beam

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en gigotant

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wriggling

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boiter

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to limp

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étourdie

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dizzy

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suinter

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to ooze

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clapoter

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to splash

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dissimuler

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to hide

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perir

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to perish

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insensé

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foolish

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assombrir

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to darken

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pardi

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of course

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maigrir

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to lose weight

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la soif

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the thirst

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amèrement

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bitterly

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balivernes

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nonsense

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en convenir

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agree

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foncer

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darken

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baratter

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churned

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bousculer

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jostled

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désigna

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designated

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dresser

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to stand

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bout

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utton

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la tige

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mast

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vaisseau

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vessel

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régner

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to reign

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moitié

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half

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semblable

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similar

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étaler

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spread out (often reflexive)

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attirer

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to attract

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pendiller

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to dangle

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accroupir

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to crouch/squat

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auprès

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nearby

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guetter

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to watch out

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brandir

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to brandish

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au moindre

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at the least

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sinon

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if not

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les ailes

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the wings

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affluer

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to flock

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lenteur

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slowness

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ruisselant

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dripping

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empanachée

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plumed

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tortiller

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squirmed/twirled

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indemne

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unharmed

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remonter

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reascending

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atterrir

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to land

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encombrant

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bulky

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la passerelle

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gateway

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le grumeau

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the lump

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la récolte

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the harvest

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en rougissant

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blushing

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le tâche

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the spot (like dots)

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la carapace

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the shell (insect)

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nuisible

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harmful

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hélas

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alas

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la larme

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tear

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depriver

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to deprive

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ratatiner

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to shrivel up

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l’os

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the bone

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rongé

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gnawed

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décharnée

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wild

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le tisonnier

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poker

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rouillé

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rusted

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forcené

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frenzied

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venait de glisser

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had just slipped

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quiconque

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anyone

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dégingandé

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lanky

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culbuter

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tumble

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le vide

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the void

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revoir

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to see again

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le hoquet

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the hiccup

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accourir

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came running

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accourir

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ran up

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éclairer

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to enlighten/illuminate

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blafard(e)

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pale

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paysage

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landscape

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briller

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to shine

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tonnerre

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thunder

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bruit

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noise

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emporter

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to carry (away)

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planer

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to hover

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étinceler

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to sparkle

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auparavant

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before

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avant

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before

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virent

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saw (ils voir passe simple)

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à peu près

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nearly

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lui-même

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himself/herself/itself

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paraitre

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appeared

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rassurant

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reassuring

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l’épouvante

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the dread

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en ricanant

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sneering

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se mettre à

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begin

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étendre

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expand/stretch

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cueillir

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to gather (to pick)

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les billes

A

the marble

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pétrir

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to knead

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les tas

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the piles

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remplir

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to fill up

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il y en eu

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there was some

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il y en eu de quoi

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there was something

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the shovel

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the shovel

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perçant

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piercing (adj)

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se munir

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to bring

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la grêle (les grêlons)

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the hailstone(s)

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puisque

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since

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puisque

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deaf

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guêpe

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wasp

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debout

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standing

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chevelues

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hairy

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ils ne me font pas peur

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they don’t scare me

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à coups

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with blows

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la chair

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the flesh

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vacarme

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din/racket

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š’abattre

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to come down/fall down on something

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pareil

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alike (the same)

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ramasser

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to pick up

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viser (à)

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to aim (at)

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engouffrer

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to engulf

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tintamarre

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uproar

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une épave

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a wreck

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gémir

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to moan

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malmener

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manhandle/punish

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cligner

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to blink

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en blêmissant

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whitening (like blanching or going pale)

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glapir

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to yelp

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un hameçon

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a fishing hook

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repeindre

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to repaint

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la prisonnière

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prisoner

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cogner

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to bump

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une secousse

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a jolt

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fendre

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to split

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fâcheuse

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annoying/disagreeable

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le menton

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the chin

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la crinière

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the mane

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croquer

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to bite

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un hareng

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a herring

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peser

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to weigh

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ôter

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to remove

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gratter

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to scratch

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la couche

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the layer

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une pelouse

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a lawn

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une cuvette

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a bowl

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peler

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to peel

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papier de verre

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sand paper

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frotter

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to srub

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tirer

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to shoot

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en souriant

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smiling

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le robinet

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the faucet

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d’abord

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first

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déchirer

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to tear

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la goutte

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the drop

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pris de panique

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panicked

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un fracas

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a crash (not like an car accident)

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assourdissante

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deafening

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écrasante

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overwhelming

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grondante

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rumbling

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rugissante

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roaring

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cramponner

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to hold on

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cracher

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to spit

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taire

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to hush up

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l’engin

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the machine

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s’évanouir

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to faint

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la grue

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the crane

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à peine

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barely

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le cortège

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the procession

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