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Jan2023d Flashcards

1
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égarement

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  1. distraction
  2. derangement, folly
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enfiler

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syn: mettre - to slip on, to put on

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farouche

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  1. syn: sauvage- ferocious, wild, savage
  2. fierce, unyielding
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auréolait

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  1. halo
  2. syn: tache - spot, ring
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un auriculaire

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little finger, pinkie

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un leurre

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  1. syn: appât - lure, bait
  2. syn: illusion, tromperie - deception, delusion
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ouvragé (e)

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finely worked, elaborate

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la lame

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  1. strip, slat
  2. blade
  3. sword
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le calice

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  1. chalice
  2. calyx
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trompeur

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  1. deceitful
  2. deceptive, misleading
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pansements

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band-aids

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aire de jeux

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playground

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mouchoirs

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tissues

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la tenue

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  1. holding, running of a meeting etc
  2. organizing, keeping
  3. conduct, manners
  4. bearing, posture
  5. clothes, outfit
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tenue de livres

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bookkeeping

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tenue d’hiver

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winter clothing

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tenue militaire

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military dress

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un orgueil

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pride

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la besogne

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task, job

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gré

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will

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fâcheux (cheuse)

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  1. syn: ennuyeux - annoying
  2. syn: regrettable - unfortunate
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le bourreau

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hangman

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la pommette

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cheekbone

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la escale

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  1. port of call
  2. stopover
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belle lurette

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ages, a long time

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il y a belle lurette

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a long time ago

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ça fait belle lurette que

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it’s been ages since

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endosser

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  1. to take on, to shoulder
  2. to endorse, to sign
  3. to don, to put on (clothes)
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une combinaison spatiale

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space suit

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une combinaison

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  1. (full length) slip
  2. suit, overalls
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rechercher

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  1. sought after, in demand
  2. refined, studied
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la meurtre

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murder

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le prêtre

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priest

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34
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être navré de

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to be sorry about

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navré

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upset

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aboutir

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syn: réussir - to succeed

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aboutir dans

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to result in, to end up in

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38
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tractations

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negotiations

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la canaille

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  1. riff raff
  2. scoundrel, rascal
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viser

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  1. to aim for, to aim at
  2. to stamp (a document)
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lignée

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lineage, descendants

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le sbire

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policier sans scrupule ; homme de main

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ravisseurs

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kidnapper, abductor

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la brousse

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  1. brush
  2. fam: boondocks
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en pleine brousse

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in the middle of nowhere

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le recel

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possession of stolen goods

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à califourchon

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astride, a straddle

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le fauve

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  1. big cat
  2. fawn (color)
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goguenard

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syn: moquer - mocking , mocked

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escale

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  1. port of call
  2. stopover
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le scaphandre

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  1. diving suit
  2. spacesuit
52
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féodal

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feudal

53
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le châtiment

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syn: punition
Punishment

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le bagne

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  1. penal colony
  2. harsh labor
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aborder

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  1. to approach
  2. to tackle, to deal with
  3. to board (an enemy ship)
56
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jadis

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  1. in times past, formerly
  2. former, olden
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au temps jadis

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in days of old

58
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la chair

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  1. flesh
  2. Meat
59
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chair de poule

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goosebumps

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la manette

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lever

61
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fade

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  1. dull, drab
  2. tasteless, insipid
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d’une voie boudeuse

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sulky voice

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une flotte

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  1. fleet
  2. fam: - water, rain
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de fond en comble

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from top to bottom
(bottom to peak)

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le comble

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extreme point

66
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c’est le comble

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that takes the cake

67
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soûler

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syn: enivrer - to make drunk, to intoxicate

68
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se soûler

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to get drunk

69
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soûler de

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to be intoxicated with

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une esquisse

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sketch, outline, summary

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la nacelle

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partie d’un ballon, d’un aérostat, où se trouve les passagers

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la soute

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hold of a ship
syn: cale

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fuyard

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  1. runaway
  2. deserter (military)
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la betterave

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the beet

75
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patrouilles

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patrols

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fourrer

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  1. to stuff
  2. to line (with fur)
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le fourré

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thicket

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le fourreau

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sheath, case, scabbard

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le gué

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ford, crossing

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passer à gué

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to ford

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la brasse

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  1. breaststroke
  2. fathom
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la brasier

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blaze, inferno

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le vaisseau

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vessel, ship

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vaisseau spatial

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spaceship

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la coupole

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cupola, dome

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le tir

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  1. shooting, gunnery
  2. firing
87
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déclencher le tir

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to open fire

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un élan

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  1. momentum
  2. burst, rush, surge
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un élan de colère

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a burst of anger

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avec élan

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enthusiastically

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un obus

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shell (cartridge)

92
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obus de mortier

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mortar shell

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éclats d’obus

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shrapnel

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maussade

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  1. syn: morose - sullen
  2. dismal, gloomy
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parvenir à

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to reach, to arrive at

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nasillarde

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nasel

97
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blême

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pale, wan, pallid

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le fouet

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whip, whisk

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le décalage

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  1. gap, space, offset
  2. interval
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sidérer

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to stagger (the imagination), to amaze

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c’est sidère

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it’s staggering

102
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divergence

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discrepancy

103
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calage

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shimming

French Vocab 2022 (10 decks)

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