Le Monde 2 Flashcards

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Layout arrangement plan construction

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Aménagement m

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Chubby (face)

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(Son visage) poupin

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Back-pedal v

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Faire machine arrière

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Frankly

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Franchement

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Hardening of the immigration politics

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Un durcissement de la politique d’immigration

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Step measure

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Disposition f

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Support v

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Soutenir

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Diplomatic pressure

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Une pression diplomatique (discrète)

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His arrest

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Son arrestation

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White middle Class

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La classe moyenne blanche

Le sentiment de déclin de la…

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Blue -collar

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Des cols-bleus

Les sans diplômes

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Unanimously

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Unanimement

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Spend v

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Dépenser

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Opponent

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Adversaire

Son principal adversaire

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A unstable, risky, uncertain situation

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Une situation précaire

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Negative view

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Un avis négatif

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We are winners not losers

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Nous sommes des gagnants pas des perdants

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WHO

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OMS

Org mondiale de la santé

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Key event

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Événement-clé m

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Respond retaliate

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Riposter

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Sound the alarm bell

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Tirer la sonnette d’alarme

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Detect discover

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Dépister
Le médecin dépista un abcès.
Cette maladie est facile à dépister

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GP

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Les médecins généralistes

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Cholesterol level

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Le taux de cholestérol

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The general public

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Le grand public

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Heart disease

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Maladies coronaires

La crise cardiaque

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Efficiency effectiveness

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Efficacité f

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Puny sickly

Undersized

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Chétif

Cette enfant est chétive, probablement malade.

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Deficiency shortcoming

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Carence f

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Gauge measure v

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Jauger

Il est trop tôt pour jauger l’efficacité de ces groupes de parole

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Candidate for nomination

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Candidat à l’investiture
investiture nf (fait donner le pouvoir à qqn) taking office n
(president) inauguration, swearing-in n

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Take centre stage preside

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Trôner

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Pamper overindulge

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Choyer

Les derniers nés sont choyés par les aînés.

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Evocative suggestive

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Évocateur adj

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Social media

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Les réseaux sociaux

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36
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Room temperature

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A température ambiante

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37
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Fam to eat something simple

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Grignoter qqc de simple

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38
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Grant asylum

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Accorde le droit d’asile

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Wet dog (smell)

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Chien mouillé (un fumet de)

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Internet user

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Internaute fm

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41
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Window dressing

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Trompe l’œil m

Tout ce décor n’est qu’un trompe l’œil

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Hilarious hysterically funny adj

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Désopilant
Désopiler make sb laugh
Refl have a good laugh

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Show off

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Frimer

Il frime à la plage dans sa voiture de sport

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Commonplace trivialization

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Banalisation f

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NGO

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ONG

Org non gouvernementale

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Introverted adj

Introvert n

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Introverti adj nm

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Human rights lawyer

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Un avocat des droits de l’homme

Avocat en droit des affaires

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Illegal immigrant/worker

Undocumented

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Sans -papiers nef

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Audio book

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Livre-audio

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Depression

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Déprime f

Sombrer dans la déprime

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With the aid of sth

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truchement [⁠t⁠ʀ⁠y⁠ʃ⁠m⁠ɑ⁠̃⁠] NM par le truchement de qn through (the intervention of) sb •par le truchement de qch with the aid of sth

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Surrogate mother

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Une mère porteuse

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During

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Lors de

54
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Secret ballot

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Bulletin secret m
Bulletin scolaire school report
Bulletin météo weather forecast

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Malaysia

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Malaisie

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Tax-dodger

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Évadé fiscale

L’évasion fiscale

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Ceiling fig

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Plafonnement
plafonnement des aides nm (limite d’aide financière) ceiling on aid n
Plafonner
Plateau m

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Link

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Maillon m
maillon de la chaîne alimentaire nm link in the food chain n
maillon faible weak link n
weakest link n

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Skilled visa

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La carte de séjour compétences et talents

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School fees

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Les frais de scolarité

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Growth development

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Croissance f
croissance démographique nf demographic growth, population growth n
Les après-guerres connaissent toujours une période de croissance démographique.
croissance économique nf
Le gouvernement mise sur les services à la personne pour relancer la croissance économique.

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To get rid of v

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Bazarder

63
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To have a chat

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Faire la causette

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Spelling errors

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Faute f d’orthographe

Faute de grammaire

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Cherub

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Angelot m

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Village

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Bled m

67
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Plonk cheap wine

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Vinasse f

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Varicose vein

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Varice f

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Slap n

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Baffe f

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To dare to

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Avoir l’audace de

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Gas cooker

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Gazière f

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It’s all the same

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Kif-kif

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Willy sl

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Zizi m

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Short sighted

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Bigleux

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Be mistaken

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Se méprendre (sûr qqc)

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Shout v

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Rabrouer

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Money sl

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Pognon m

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Be scared stiff

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Avoir de la frousse

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Preposterous

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Saugrenu adj

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To feel gloomy

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Broyer du noir
Irreg
Broyer to grind crush

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Capsize overturn v

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Chavirer

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Damage v

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Abîmer

s’abîmer les yeux to strain one’s eyes

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Leaflet

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Tract m

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Sulk, stroppiness n

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bouderie f

Ses bouderies sont fréquentes mais ne durent jamais longtemps.

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Become depressed

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Faire une déprime

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Fancy whim n

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Lubie f

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Bluntly crudely

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Crûment

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Fraud deceit hocus-pocus

Con-trick n

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Supercherie f

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Mope around

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Morfondre

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Ungrateful unappreciative adj

Ungrateful unappreciative person n

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Ingrat n adj

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Human rights

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Les droits de l’homme

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Mouvement progression development thought process

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Cheminement m

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Pumpkin

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Potiron m

J’aime bien la soupe au potiron.

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Increased demand

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La demande croissante

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Shortly

In next to no time

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Incessamment

Nous allons partir incessamment.

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Rainbow coulered

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Bariolé

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Eardrum

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Tympan m

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Tune

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Air m

Chantonner l’air

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Tired weary adj

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Las -se
Elle se sent lasse après une nuit d’insomnie.
She felt tired after a night plagued by insomnia.

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Task chore job role

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Tâche f

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Appointment rendezvous

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Rencard m

Rancard, rancart sl date

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Reasonable affordable

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Abordable

Cette saison, les fruits sont à un prix abordable.

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Chubby, chubby cheeked

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Joufflu

Elles étaient joufflues étant jeunes.

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Fate destiny lot chance

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Sort m

105
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Emergency lane

Hard shoulder

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La bande d’arrêt d’urgence