LANG1862 - GMP Flashcards

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1
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Food crops

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Culture vivrière

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Boons

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Aubaine

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Dazzeling

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Eblouissant

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Prospects

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Perspectives

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Fortunate

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Chanceux / Heureux

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Head

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Diriger

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Insight

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Comprehension

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(to) refrain from

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s’abstenir de

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Grants

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Privilèges / Subventions

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Vested

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Acquis

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(to) rob someone of

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priver quelqu’un de

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(to) be dismissed

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être écarté

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Entranced

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Enchanté

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(to) concern

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Inquiéter

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Ludicrously

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Ridiculeusement

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Off the mark

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A côté de la plaque

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Tenured professors

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Professeurs titulaires

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Quaint

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Désuet

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Honed

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Aiguisé

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(to) tease apart

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Démêler

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Crude science

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Science rudimentaire

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Spotty

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Inégal / Incomplet

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Incentive

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Motivation

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An hampering

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Une entrave

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On the mend

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En voie de guérison

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Strides

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Progrès ???

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Endeavour

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S’efforcer

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(to) shed light on

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Faire la lumière sûr

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Bias

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Un penchant

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(to) probe

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Sonder

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(to) look down on

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Mépriser

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Thereby

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Ainsi / Par ce moyen

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33
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Fossil fuel

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Combustible fossile

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34
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In turn

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A son tour

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(to) devise

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Concevoir

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Tremendously

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Enormément

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Utterly

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Totalement

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(to) intertwine

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Entrelacer

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Commitment

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Engagement

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Inquiry

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Enquête

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Hatchlings

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Nouveaux-nés

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Krill

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Krill (petites crevettes d’eau froide)

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(to) entomb

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Enterrer / Ensevelir

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(to) brave

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Affronter

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Looming

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Imminent

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Seemingly

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Apparemment

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(to) soak up

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Absorber

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Rough

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Violent

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The seabed

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Le fond de la mer

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A chamber

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Un compartiment

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Thriving

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Prospère

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A sea urchin

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Un oursin

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A sea cucumber

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Une holothurie

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A duct

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Un canal

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Painstaking

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Pointilleux

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A feat

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Un exploit

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Silt

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De la vase

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Perspex

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Plexiglas

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(to) ease through

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Déplacer délicatement

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(to) hook up

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Connecter

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A patch

A

Une parcelle

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A crustacean

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Un crustacée

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(to) swarm

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Affluer

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(to) hatch

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éclore

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A collapse

A

Un éffondrement

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A knock effect

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Une répercussion

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Dire

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Terrible

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(to) lay [sens animalier]

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Pondre

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Peculiar

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Particulier

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Induce

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Provoquer

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Toss

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Jeter

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Reluctance

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Réticence

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(to) adress

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aborder le problème

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Thorough

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Approfondi / Complet

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Dwindle

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Diminuer

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Sparsely

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Peu

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Livelihood

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Moyens de subsistance

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Shelter

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Refuge

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Tightly

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Fermement

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Swelling

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Croissant

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Merely

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Simplement

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Bonds

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Liens

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Sharply

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Nettement

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Landmark

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Point de repère

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Altogether

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Tout à fait / Entièrement

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Owing to

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A cause de

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Survey

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Enquête / Sondage

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Fainter

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plus faible (de moins en moins perceptible)

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(the animal) lurks

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se cache (rôde)

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Refine

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Améliorer

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Stake

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Enjeu

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Lump

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Morceau / Bosse

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Spawned

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(ont) fraillé (un chemin) / engendré

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Fuzzy

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Flou

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Hone

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Aiguiser

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Encompass

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Englober

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Curb

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Limiter

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Harnessed

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Exploité

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reckon

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estimer

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discard

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jeter / défausser

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stem from

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provenir de

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thrive

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prospérer

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bear out

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confirmer

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shortcomings

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lacunes

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rule out

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éliminer

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increasingly

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de plus en plus

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on the verge

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sur le point de

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mitigate

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atténuer

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deter

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dissuader

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whirl

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tourbillon

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discrepancy

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contradiction

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dwindle

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diminuer

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drift

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dérive