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Le Monde 3 Flashcards

1
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Pressure

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Contrainte f

And coercion

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Interview n

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Entretien m

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Continue, carry on

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Perdurer

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Culprit, offender

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Fautif nm

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Scholarly leaned

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Érudit

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Embittered (sourpuss)

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Aigri -e

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Erect (building)

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Dresser

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Learning n

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Apprentissage m
And apprenticeship
L’apprentissage est un processus long et complexe.
Learning is a long and complex process.

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Disagreement
Dispute
Clash

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Désaccord m

Être en désaccord avec qqn

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Multiply proliferate v

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Pulluler 
pulluler vi	(contenir énormément)	be rich in, be abundant in, have a wealth of v expr
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Story tale account

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Récit m

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Offend

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Offusquer

S’offusquer be offended take offense

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Supplies provisions

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Vivres nmpl

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Simply unoriginally

In the most common way

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Banalement adv

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Bluntly crudely

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Crûment adv

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Viable feasible

passable

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Praticable adj

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Calm down, become calm

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S’apaiser

Apaiser pacify calm appease

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Boastfulness cockiness n

Snobbery

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Forfanterie f

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Salt shaker n

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Salière f

Poivrière f

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Taunt mock scoff , laugh at

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Narguer

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Unfashionable

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Démodé

Se démoder go out of fashion

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Unpredictable erratic hit and miss

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Imprévisible

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Generous (person, meal)

Fertile (soil)

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Généreux -euse adj

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Reassuring comforting

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Rassurant adj

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Pasture

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Pâturage m

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Turn back, retrace ones steps , double back v

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Rebrousser chemin

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Blister n

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Ampoule f

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Shorten abbreviate crop

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Écourter
Écourter une réunion cut a meeting short
L’orateur a écourté son discours

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Shelter, sanctuary, mountai hut

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Refuge m

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Beaten track

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Sentier battu m

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Rush hurry

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Brusquer

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Streetlight lamppost

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Réverbère m

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Laundromat laundry room

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Buanderie f

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34
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Mattress protector under sheet

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Alèse f alaise

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Affection tenderness

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Attendrissement m

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Novice, puppy, wet behind the ears

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Blanc-bec

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To like (Verlane)

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Kiffer

Kif-kif so and so

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Fire, sack
Resign, stand down, quit
Capitulat

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Demissioner

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Break (short trip)

Breakaway

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Échappée f

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Predictable

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Prévisible

Dans un avenir prévisible

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Purchase n

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Emplette f

Faire l’emplette de

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Drive sb nuts, drive sb up the wall

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Faire tourner en bourrique

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Baby-wipe, wipe n

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Lingette f

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Exhausting, wearing tiring

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Harassant adj

Harasser qqn tire sb out

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Toilet seat

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Lunette f

And telescope, rear wind screen

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46
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The good for nothings

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De bons à riens

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Argue, having a slanging match, row

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S’engueuler

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48
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Air conditioner fam

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La clim

49
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Wax, earwax

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Cire f

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Self-esteem n

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Estime de soi f

51
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Chase, run after Follow, pursue fam

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Courser

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University degree

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Diplôme universitaire m

Diplômé a graduate

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Life expectancy

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L’espérance de vie

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Good Friday

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Vendredi saint m
Le dimanche de Pâques
Lundi de Pâques
La Paque is jewish passover eg w article

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Lent

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Carême m

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March, prosession parade

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Défilé m

57
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Scorn

Disgrace shame

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Opprobre m

Ce cousin est l’opprobre de la famille.

58
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Search check frisking n

Dig excavation

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Fouille f

59
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Contempt of court

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Contumace f

60
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Customs habits lifestyle

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Mœurs fpl

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Claim demander v

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Revendiquer
Se revendiquer to consider ur self to be, claim ur self to be
Il se revendique marxiste

62
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Money laundering

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Blanchiment d’argent

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Suicide bomber

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Kamikaze

Un attentat-suicide

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Out of date, expired

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Périmé adj

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Contaminate

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Frelater qqc

66
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Penalise, punish

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Sanctionner

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Mercy

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Miséricorde f

68
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Confession, admission

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Aveu m
faire l’aveu de qch
Le suspect fit l’aveu de son larcin.

69
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Brothel

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Lupanar m

70
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Fall of a horse

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faire une chute de cheval

Elle s’est tassée 2 vertèbres en faisant une chute de cheval.

71
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Junk food

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Malbouffe f

72
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To splash

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Asperger
s’asperger le visage to splash one’s face with water •se faire asperger* (par une voiture) to get splashed; (par un arroseur) to get wet

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morphosis, transformation, reinvention n

(with emphasis on development/maturing) coming of age

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Mue f

74
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Plaque

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panonceau m

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all the more so, even more so expr

with all the more reason

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A fortiori

76
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Convertible

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Décapotable f

77
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(symbole graphique du communisme) hammer and sickle expr

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la faucille et le marteau expr

78
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(informal, figurative) go downhill vi + adv

grow worse, become worse vi + adj

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S’envenimer

En un mois, la situation de l’entreprise s’est fortement envenimée.

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Barking n

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Abois nmpl

Un animal aux abois

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Greedy, gasping (fig)

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Avide

Avide de qqc hungry, keen for sth

81
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Leg less person

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Cul-de-jatte

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One-eyed adj

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Borgne

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Butcher v

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Charcuter

84
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Fork garden bike

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Fourche f

85
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Spade shovel

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Pelle f

86
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Smash shatter

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Fracasser

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Anchor n

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Ancre f

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Purchase n

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Emplette f

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Well n

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Puits m

90
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Motive

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Mobile m

91
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The Labour party

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Le Parti travailliste

92
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Barge

House boat canal boat

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Péniche f

93
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Wind farm

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Parc éolien m

L’énergie éolienne n’est pas assez développée en France.

94
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Coal ( industrial)

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Houille f. H audible
gaz de houille nm coal gas n

houille blanche nf hydroelectric power n
hydroelectricity n

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Donkey

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Bourrique f

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Mill, grindstone

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Meule f

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Eloquence flair

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Verve f

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Win n

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Sacre m

99
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Dismiss turn away reject

Inf boot out usher out

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Éconduire

100
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Fast, fasting

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Jeûne m

101
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Retrace ones steps , turn back

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Rebrousser chemin

Rebrousser brush against

102
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Care protection guardianship

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Tutelle f
Il est encore sous la tutelle de ses parents.
sous la tutelle de under the care of
mise sous tutelle nf guardianship, supervision n

103
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(Humour) sworn enemy, fierce opponent

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pourfendeur nm

104
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Tremor, jolt
Shake up (fig)
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Secousse f

L

’

affaire Dreyfus a provoqué une forte secousse politique.

Ceinture de feu du Pacifique ring of fire

105
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Log, large stick

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Rondin m

106
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Favourite adj

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Fétiche

Au loto, je joue toujours mes numéros fétiches.

107
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Balaclava

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Cagoule f

108
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Fear dread v

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Redouter

Je redoute le pire

109
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People smuggler

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Passeur -euse

110
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Track, hunt down v

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Traquer

Les policiers ont traqué le fugitif toute la journée.

111
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Dummy corporation, front organization

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société boîte aux lettres nf

société écran nf

112
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To go viral

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Faire le buzz

113
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Data, information

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Données fpl
base de données nf database n
données financières nfpl financial information n
financial data n, npl
données informatiques computer data
données nominatives personal information n

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Word of mouth

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Le bouche-á-oreille

115
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Crook

Rascal

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Filou

116
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Male chauvinimsm

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Machisme m

117
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Wear, wear and tear

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Usure f

118
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Nonsense

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Fariboles nfpl

Mon père aime raconter des fariboles.

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