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Le Monde Flashcards

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Mosque

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Mosquée f
Le for the church la for the city
Mecque

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Pilgrim

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Pelèrin

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Change course, change direction

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Changer de cap

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Earthquake

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Séisme m

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Estate property
Assets
Inheritance

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Patrimoine m

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Flooding, flood n

Influx, deluge

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Inondation f

Even fig

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Plonk

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Pinard m

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Saudi Arabia

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L’Arabie saoudite
Royaume kingdom
le Royaume-Uni the United Kingdom

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Gob smacked

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Estomaqué

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Fire extinguisher

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Extincteur

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Impassive

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Impassible

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Certainly

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Certes

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Canvas n

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Toile f

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Shamelessly unashamedly

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Sans vergogne

Vergogne shame

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Hypersensitive
Thin skinned
Highly strung

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Fleur de peau

avoir une sensibilité à fleur de peau highly sensitive adj

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Falsify, rig, jig v

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Truquer

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Joint management

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Cogestion f

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From now on

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Désormais

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Despise, hold in contempt

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Honnir

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Listless, sluggish, apathetic
Broken down
Wheezy, short-winded

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Poussif -ve

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Package, measures ( gov’t, political etc)
Plan
Device

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Dispositif m

Anti-fog system dispositif antibuée

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Merger n

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Fusion f

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Dock (legal)

Seat, stool , furniture stand

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Sellette f

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Shock wave

Wave

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Onde de choc

Onde f

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Director, manager n

In power, leading adj

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Dirigeant m
Le parti dirigeant
Le dirigeant de l’entreprise

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Monotonous

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Monocorde

Parler d’un ton monocorde

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Decriminilasation

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Dépénalisation f

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Without blushing

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Sans rougir

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29
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IVF

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PMA

Procréation médicalement assistée

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EU

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UE

L’union européenne

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During, while

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Lors de
Dès lors , à partir de ce moment fr then on, since then, since when, consequently
Il a rencontré son fiancée lors de son séjour à P. He met….during his stay…

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32
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Excise

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Octroi m

And gift

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33
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Embezzlement, misappropriation

Diversion

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Détournement m

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34
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Beech tree

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Hêtre m

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35
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DIY

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Faites-le vous-même

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36
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Prune

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Pruneau m

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37
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Megalopolis

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Mégalopole f

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38
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Urge, desire, momentum

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Élan m (and moose, elk)
Perdre de l’élan lose momentum
Prendre son élan gain momentum

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39
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Ear muffs ( protect fr sound)

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Casque anti-bruit m

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40
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Road infrastructure

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Les infrastructures routières

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41
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Behind closed doors, closed hearing, in camera

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À huis clos

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User, service user, customer, traveller, commuter, passenger n

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Usager
Des milliers d’usagers empruntent cette autoroute.
Il y a des millions d’usagers du francais

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43
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Application, implementation

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Mise en oeuvre

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In force, in effect, applicable

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En vigueur
Entrer en v be effective, be in effect
Mettre en v Put into effect

45
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No matter who

No matter what

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N’importe qui

N’importe quoi

46
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Set in motion, engage, unleash, set off

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Enclencher

47
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With regard to

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À l’égard de

48
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To tweet

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Tweeter

Il a tweeté

49
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Handbook, manual

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Vade-mecum
And le manuel
Voiture manuelle

50
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High tide

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Marée haute/basse f

Or basse mer f

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Travel, traverse, roam, cross

Fly/go/sail to and fro, fly back and forth

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No through road, cul de sac, dead end

Deadlock, stalemate

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Intense, fierce, raging, burning

54
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Commitment

Appointment, hiring n

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Engagement m

Engagement

55
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Appeal, speak in favour of

Invoke

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Plaider
Plaider coupable/ non coupable
Plaider la cause de speak up for, plead a cause
Plaider la légitime défense plead self defence

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In return

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Inversement

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Stimulate, boost

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Doper
And dope
Se doper take steroids, drugs
Doper les ventes boost sales

58
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World heritage

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Classé au patrimoine mondial ( de l’humanité)

Patrimoine génétique gene pool

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Archbishop

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Archevêque

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Take into account, take on board

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Prendre en compte

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Bishop

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Slight, snub, affront, humiliation, mortification

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Camouflet m

Essuyer un c…suffer a humiliation/lose face

63
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No-claims bonus

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Bonus-malus m

64
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Drum

Revolving

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Tambour m
Une porte à tambour
Il joue du tambour

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Benefactor

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Bienfaiteur

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Tarmac, asphalt, pave v

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Goudronner

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Young chicken, chick,

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Poussin m

Mon poussin fam pet, honey bun, hun

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Five year period, five years, five yr term

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Quinquennat m

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Stronghold, kingdom

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Fief m
Fiefdom
..sur son fief électoral

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Undertaker

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Croque-mort

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be on the alert v

keep your wits about you expr

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être sur le qui-vive

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Jug pitcher

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Dilapidated

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Vétusté adj

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Criticism

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La critique

Le critic

75
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Method

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Le mode

La fashion

76
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Clock

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La pendule

Le pendulum

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Stove

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Le poêle

La frying pan

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Job n

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Le poste

La post office

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Nap n

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Le somme

La sum

80
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Vase

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Le vase

La mud

81
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Veil

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Le voile

La sail

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Pit ( fruit)

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Noyau m -aux pl

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Fertility

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Fécondité f

84
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Birth rate

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Natalité

taux de mortalité

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Flamboyant flashiness n

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tape-à-l’œil nm

86
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Thaw melt n

87
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Truce, break

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Trêve

trêve hivernale nf suspension of tenant evictions during the winter period n

88
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Jump a light

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Griller un feu (rouge)

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Plea, appeal, petition n

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Plaidoyer m

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Self harm n and v

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Automutilation f
s’automutiler⇒ v pron
s’infliger des mutilations vi

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Bit by bit

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Petit à petit

92
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Curfew

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Couvre-feu m

93
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Riot

Disturbance

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Émeute f

Émeute raciale race riot

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Shortfall, lack, shortage

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Pénurie f

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Challenge n

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Défi m

And defiance

96
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Male chauviniste (…pig)

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Phallocrate m

97
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Screening for breast cancer

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Dépistage du cancer du sein

Récolter des dons fundraising

98
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Raise awareness

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Sensibiliser
Les campagnes anti-tabac sensibilisent les jeunes
Anti-smoking campaigns raise awareness among young people
Sensibiliser qqn à un problème

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at twilight, at dusk, at nightfall

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entre chien et loup

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missus n
(informal, pejorative) little woman n
(informal, pejorative) wifey n

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(mouvement brusque et irrégulier) jerk n

jolt, bump, twitch n

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Saccade f
saccadé jerky, jolting, halting adj
twitchy adj

102
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act like a pig vi
(mainly US) act like a jerk, act like a schmuck vi
(UK, vulgar) act like a prick, act like a dickhead vi

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Se conduire comme un goujat

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(petit fait d’actualité) miscellaneous news item, minor news item n

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fait divers nm

104
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ungrateful, unappreciative adj

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Ingrat
ingrat adj (difficile à vivre) (task) thankless adj
(experience) unrewarding adj
(experience) difficult, trying adj

And ingrateful person as a n

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Pride

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Ultrasound

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Échographie f

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Pretty attractive inf

108
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Pet ( inf)

109
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What a pain! What a pain in the neck! expr

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La barbe!

Quelle barbe!

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