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To torture

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Martyriser

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A few years ago

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Il y a quelques années

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To rebel

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Se rebiffer

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Praise

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La louange

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To perform / exhibit

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Se produire

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Ewe/sheep

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La brebis

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To escape/ evade

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Se soustraire à

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To identify with

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S’identifier avec

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Charts

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Le hit-parade

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To be hugely successful

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Faire un carton

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To be popular

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Avoir la cote

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Music lover

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La mélomane

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To rush

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Se ruer

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Music theory

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Le solfège

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Endangered

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En voie de disparition

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To take precedence over sth

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Primer sur qqc

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To fall for

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Craquer pour

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Stéréo système

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La chaîne hi-fi

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Streaming service

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Le service streaming

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Brass

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Le cuivre

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Bottom/ background

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Le fond

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To gain a reputation

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Se faire une réputation

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To value/ promote

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Valoriser

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Support

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L’appui

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Unlike

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À la différence de

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To sell like hot cakes

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Se vendre comme des petits-pains

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That is to say/namely

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À savoir

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Tune

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L’air

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Verse

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Le couplet

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Hit

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Le tube

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Composer

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Le compositeur/ la compositrice

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Chorus

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Le refrain

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At the forefront/ cutting edge

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À la pointe

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Voice/ vocal effect

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L’effect de voix

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Rhythm

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Le rythme

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To get a message across

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Faire passer un message

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Moving

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Émouvant

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To know numerous reincarnations

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Connaître de nombreuses réincarnations

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Time

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L’époque

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Bouyon music (Guadeloupe)

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Le bouyon

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French sings reflecting the despair of real life

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La chanson réaliste

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Poetic singers

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Les chanteurs poètes

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Choir

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La chorale

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Gwo ka (Guadeloupe folk)

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Le gwoka

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Merengue (Caribbean dance music)

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Le mérengué

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Electronic music

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La musique électronique

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Social

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Sociétal

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Slam music

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Le slam

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Rai music

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Le raï

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Young female singers of the 1960s (camp and tongue and cheek)

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Les yé-yé

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Voodoo

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Le vaudou

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Sega music

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Le séga

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Zouk music

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Le zouk

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Troubadours

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Les troubadours

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West Indian

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Antillais(e)

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Cameroon

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Le Cameroun

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From the Ivory Coast

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Ivoirien

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Senegalese

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Sénégalais

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Créole

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Le créole

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Haitian

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Haïtien

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Colony

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La colonie

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Colonisation

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La colonisation

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Customs

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Les coutumes

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To take a critical look at

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Poser un regard critique sur

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To criticise those in power

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Critiquer le pouvoir

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To intermingle

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S’entremêler

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Political platform

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Le programme politique

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To relay a message of hope

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Transmettre un message d’espoir

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40% of music on the radio must be french law

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La loi Toubon

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To play a song

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Passer une chanson

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Playlist

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La playlist

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Quota

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Le quota

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Digitalisation

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La numérisation

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Streaming

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Le streaming

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Expansion of networks through which people can share music

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L’essor de réseaux de partage

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Piracy

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Le piratage

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Drop in CD sales

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La baisse des ventes de CD

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Will digital sales compensate for the losses of the physical market one day?

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Les ventes numériques pourront-elles un jour compenser les pertes du marché physique ?

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Royalties

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La redevance

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Music website

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Le site d’hébergement de musique

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To get royalties

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Toucher une redevance

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Closing down of record shops

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La fermeture définitive des magasins de disques

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On the road to extinction/ endangered

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En voie de disparition

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Outcome/ toll

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Le bilan

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Law against illegal downloading ofmusical works

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La loi Hadopi

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Watch this space

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C’est une histoire à suivre

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To be on the bill

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Être à l’affiche

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Enthusiast

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L’adepte/ l’enthousiaste

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Aimed at young people

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Destiné aux jeunes

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Goth

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Le fan de gothique

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To have a great time

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S’éclater

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To idolise

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Idolâtrer

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Réceptive

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Réceptif

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Trend

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La tendance

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Mood

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L’humeur

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It warms my heart to make someone nostalgic

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Cela me réchauffe le cœur de rendre nostalgique qqn

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Harmful effect

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L’effet néfaste

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Subliminal

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Subliminal

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Festival goers

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Les festivaliers

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Current tastes

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Les goûts du moment

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It’s success boosts the economy

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Son succès stimule l’économie

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Advertising campaign

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La campagne publicitaire

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Music festival celebrating francophone music

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Les FrancoFolies

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Festival in Dakar to celebrate french rap music

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Festa 2h

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Flourishing

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Florissant

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Geniuses of french song

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Les génies de la chanson francophone

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Idol

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L’idole

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To increase the status of

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Valoriser

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To propel onto the world stage

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Propulser sur la scène internationale

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Globalisation

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La mondialisation

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Entertainment

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Le divertissement

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Poor/pathetic

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Piètre

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To save the soul/ soothe a savage breast

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Adoucir les mœurs

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Bypass/ ring road

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Le périphérique

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Civilising

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Civilisateur

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To linger/ daydream

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Planer

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Bouncer

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Le videur

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To soothe/ cradle/ rock

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Percer

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Record company

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La maison de disque

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To con

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Rouler/ arnaquer

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Brass band

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La fanfare

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Score/ sheet music

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La partition

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Bolt

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Le verrou

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Compost/ breeding ground

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Le terreau

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Custodian

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La dépositaire

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Frozen (fig)/ clotted

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Figé

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Lay/secular

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Profané

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Influence/ standing

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Le rayonnement

French A-level (9 decks)

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