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1
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Tant des gens

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Many people

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Même si

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Even if

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Compte bancaire

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Bank count

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Se faire percer

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To get a piercing

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Se faire tatouer

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To get a tattoo

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Un piercing

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Piercing.

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Un tatouage

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A tattoo

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Le nombril

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Naval

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La Langue

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Tongue

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Quelque chose quit fait Partie du look

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Something that is part of your look

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J’ai plus de confiance en moi

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I’m more self confident

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Cela me défenit

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It defines me

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13
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Des risques d’infection

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Risk of infection

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14
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Se maquiller

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To put make up on

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Peut abîmer la peau

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Can damage the skin

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La maquillage pour garçons peut mettre en valeur Leur physique

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Make up for boys can bring out their features

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Pourquoi seules les femmes ont ce privilège?

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Why do women only have this privilege

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18
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Se sentir bien dans son peau

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To feel good in yourself

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Avoir honte de son corps

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To be ashamed of your body

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Avoir l’air

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To seem

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21
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Un look androgyne

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An androgynous look

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22
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Le blanchement des dents

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Teeth whitening

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Se Blanchir des dents

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To whiten your teeth

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La coiffure de Mohican

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Mohican haircut

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Le fer à friser

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Curling wands

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Le Lisseur à cheveux

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Straighteners

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Colorer les cheveux

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To dye your hair

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Se raser la tête

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Shave your head

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29
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Obsesé par la nécessité d’avoir les grandes marques

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Obsessed by the need to have designer brands

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Les jeunes sont plus que Jamais préoccupés par le look

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Young people are now more than ever preoccupied by what they look like

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Le problème est devenu si grave

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The problem has became very serious

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Ceux qui ne peuvent pas acheter les grandes marques se sentent rejetés parce qu’ils n’appartiennent pas à un group

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Those who can’t buy designer clothes feel rejected because they don’t belong to a group

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33
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On jette les vieux vêtements

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People throw away their old clothes

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Les garde-robes don’t constamment renouvelées

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Wardrobes are constantly renewed

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Les parents investissent considérablement dans les vêtements de leurs enfants

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Parents invest a considerable amount into their children’s outfits

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En Dix décennies, le secteur de la mode enfant a connu une vraie croissance

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In two decades the fashion industry for children has seen much growth

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37
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Le système actuel pousse les jeunes à faire pression sur les parents pour se voir offrir des vêtements à la mode

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The current system is pushing young people into pressuring their parents to buy them the latest fashionable clothes

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Être au courant

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To be in the know

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Faire des bêtises

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To behave stupidly

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40
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Subir un test médical

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To undergo a medical test

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Susciter la curiosité

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To arouse curiosity

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Superdoué

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Highly gifted

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Échouer

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To fail

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Le public

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Audience

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Les téléspectateurs

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Tv viewers

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46
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Un modèle à suivre

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A role model

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47
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Une grande vedette

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A big star

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48
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À la une

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On the front page

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Si je ne suis pas riche, je ne compte pas

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If I’m not rich I don’t count for anything

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50
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Une armoire

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Wardrobe

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Passés de mode

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Old fashioned

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Je constate que

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I’ve noticed that

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53
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Apparence

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Appearance

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54
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Les premières impressions qui comptent

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First impressions that count

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55
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Fringues

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Clothes - slang

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56
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Dommage

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Shame

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57
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Défilés de mode

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Catwalk

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58
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Émuler

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Thin

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59
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Fric

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Money (slang)

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apparaître

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Appear

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L’individualité

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Individuality

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Le pouvoir d’achat

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Buying power

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Une bête noire

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Pet peeve

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Le pouvoir de prescription

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Persuasion power

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65
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Bouger

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To dance

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Un produit frais

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Fresh produce

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67
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Le zapping

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Brand switching

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Un mastodonte

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Very big

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69
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Les armes Inégales

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Illegal weapons

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Un bout de chiffon

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Rug

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71
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Se faire racketter

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To be mugged

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72
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Un môme

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A kid

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Dernier cri

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Latest fashion.

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74
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Mépriser

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To mock

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75
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Se fondre dans un moule

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Melt in a mould

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People

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Celebrities

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Autant que

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As much as

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78
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Se tenir au courant

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Keep up to date

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79
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Les échos

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Rumours

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80
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La vitesse

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Speed

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81
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Fâché

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Angry

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Frisés

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Curly

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83
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Mon corps

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Of my body

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84
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M’épriser

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Despise

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bouteille

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Bottle

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bénévolat

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Volunteer work

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Se plier

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To give into

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Soumettre

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Follow/ obey

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Des fesses

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Low trousers

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Postuler

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Apply

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La gloire

A

Fame

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Obsédés

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Fanatic

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Avoir Un moi idéal Surdimensionné

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To be full of oneself

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Narcissique

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Narcissistic (vain )

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Combler

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To fill

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Potins

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Gossip

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En revanche

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On the other hand

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La perte de son identité

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Loss of identity

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La perte de l’intimité

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Loss of intimacy

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Les fous de gloire

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Crazy for fame

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Le paraître

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The look / appearance

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Mégalo

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Power

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Les tendances exhibitionnistes

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Tendencies to show off

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Le portefeuille

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Wallet

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Guetter

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Spy on

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Envisaged

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Contemplate

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Garder la tête froide

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Stay cool

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Frissonner

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Shiver

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Brindilles

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A twig

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Repérér

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To pick out

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Maigres

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Thinness

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La ride

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Wrinkle

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La peau

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Fear

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Guérir

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Cure

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Le front

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Forehead

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La taille zéro

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Size zero

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Imiter

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Imitate

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Grossir sa poitrine

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Boob job

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Des Cicatrices

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Scars

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En train de se banaliser

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Beginning common

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En jeu

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At stake

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La cicatrisation

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Healing

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Étape

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Stage

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Des Clients précédents

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Previous client

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Posé

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Calm

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Des gants

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Gloves

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Les chiffres

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Digits

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Le fautif

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Guilty

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Croûte

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Scab

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Des Plaies

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Wounds

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Rajouter

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Add

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Bluffant

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Impressive

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Les strass autocollants

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Diamanté self stick

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Débiles

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Ridiculous

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Mignon

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Cute

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Les lèvres gonflées

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Swollen lips

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Dans la boîte

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Inside

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Laids

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Ugly

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Abimer

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Spoil

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Rater

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Miss

141
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Une coiffure

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Hairstyle

141
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Un tatouage

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Tattoo

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Avoir honte de

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Be ashamed of

143
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Se faire percer

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To have a piercing done

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Se faire tatouer

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To have a tattoo done

145
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Obsédé par

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Obsessed by

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S’identifier à

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Identify with

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Les effets psychologiques

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Pyschological effects

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Une carrière de rêve

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Dream career

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La chirurgie esthétique

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Plastic surgery

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Un concours

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Competition

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Un casting

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Audition

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La ligne mince

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Lean figure

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Les talons hauts

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High heels

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Un trait

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Feature

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S’aggraver

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To get worse

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Maigrir

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To get thin

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froncer les sourcils

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To frown

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Maigre

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Thin

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Mince

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Slim

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Un compte bancaire

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Bank account

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Les people

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Celebrities

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La pression

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Pressure

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Le succès

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Success

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Être au courant

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To be in the know

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faire des bêtises

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To behave stupidly

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Susciter la curiosité

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To arouse curiosity

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Superdoué

A

Super gifted

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La boulimie

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Bulimia

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Le bronzage artificel

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Tanning

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Se mettre au régime

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To go on a diet

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Se raser

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To shave

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L’uniforme scolaire supprime les différences sociales

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School uniform suppresses social differences

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Fringues

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Clothes (slang)

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Argent de poche

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Allowance

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Se plier

A

To give into

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Émuler

A

Follow

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Soumettre

A

Obey

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Défilés de mode

A

Catwalk

179
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Échouer

A

To fail

180
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Les téléspectateurs

A

TV viewers

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On est tout le temps poursuivi par les paparazzi

A

You’re followed all the time by paparazzi

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Q

Tant des gens sont corrompus par l’argent

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So many people are corrupted by money

183
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On court le risque de se perdre

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You run the risk of losing touch with who really are

184
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Fines comme des brindilles

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Thin as a twig

185
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Prendre des pilules pour maigrir

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Take tablets to lose weight

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Passer trop d’heures sous une lampe à bronzer

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Spend too much time under tanning lights

187
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Se faire injecter du botox

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To have Botox u

188
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On risque de devenir malade

A

You risk becoming ill

189
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On s’expose à un risque de cancer

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You increase the risk of getting cancer

190
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Des problèmes de dos

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Back problems

191
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Le culte de la minceur

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Obsession with thinness

192
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Les bancs solaires

A

Sun beds

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Les mannequins en herbes

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Model in the making

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Il faut que les enfants aient le droit d’être différents

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It is important that children have the right to be different

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Je fais les cours

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I go shopping

196
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C’est ridicule de payer

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It’s stupid to pay

197
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Un collant

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Tights

198
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Une bague

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Ring

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Un collier

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Necklace

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Une écharpe

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Scarf

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Un foulard

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Head scarf

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Un chapeau

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A hat

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Un manteau

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A coat

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Ma taille

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My size

205
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Les soldes

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The sales

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La plupart des ados

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Most teenagers

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Un bon rapport

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It’s good value

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Vif

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Bright

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Terne

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Full

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Laids

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Ugly