Lesson 1 Flashcards

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1
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Affronter avec courage

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Braver

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Reluctant

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Réticente

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Quelqu’un qui utilise l’Internet

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Internaute

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Courage

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La bravoire

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Claim/demand

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Revendiquer

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Bicycle

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La Petite Reine

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Stable

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En selle

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Bicylcle

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Biclou

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Voyagent sans passager dans leur véhicule

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autosolistes

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Habitent dans les banlieus

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Banlieusards

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Les voisins

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Les riverains

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12
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Proposent des places dans leur véhicule

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Les autopartageurs

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Travaillent à connecter entre eux les différents modes de transport

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Les aménageurs

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Les résidents de la région Île-de-France

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Les Franciliens

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The feeding bottle

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Le biberon

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16
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The rise

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L’essor

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Households

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Les ménages

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Suspended sentence/deferment/grace period

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Un sursis

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19
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Make sure

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Veiller

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20
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Faire partie des premiers

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Dans le peloton de tête

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21
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Comprendre (qq chose)

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Cerner

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22
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Continue d’être en retard

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Restent à la traîne

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23
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Parfaitement, totalment

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On ne peut plus

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24
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Unavoidable

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Incontournable

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25
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Endowment

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Dotation

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Cheap

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Bon marché

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27
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Jerky

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Saccadé

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Tip

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Pourboire

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29
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Wig

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Postiche

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30
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Crippled

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Percluse

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Striking

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Saisissant

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Portray

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Dépeindre

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33
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Five year term

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Quinquennat

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34
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To dig

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Creuser

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35
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Fall

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Chuter

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36
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Annihilate

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anéantir

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37
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Advocate

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Prôner

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38
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Undermine

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Porter atteinte

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39
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Hum

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Fredonner

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40
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To move (someone)

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Émouvoir

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To insult

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Injurier

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42
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To award

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Décerner

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43
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Under the aegis of

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Sous l’égide de

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44
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Illiteracy

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Illettrisme

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45
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To trap (someone or something)

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Piéger

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46
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Transmettre

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Véhiculer

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47
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Qui ennuie profonodément au point de provoquer le sommeil

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Soporifique

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48
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Énerver

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Agacer

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49
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Qui s’exprime acec emphase; pompeux, ampoulé, grandiloquent

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Emphatique

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50
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Qui a un caractère affecté, déclamatoire, pompeux, emphatique, ou quelqu’un qui s’exprime de cette manière

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Grandiloquent

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51
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Qui dénote de l’ingéniosité

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Astucieux

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52
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Disdain

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Dédain

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53
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Expresses disdain

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Dédaigneux

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54
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Haughty

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Hautaine

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55
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High voice

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Voix aiguë

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56
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Cunning

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Rusé

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57
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Besoin ou désir irrépressible de quelque chose

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La rage de…

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Vineyard

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Vignoble

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Hillsides

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Coteaux

60
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Smallholding

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Métairie

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Par goût et sans constrainte

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Par vocation

62
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Single

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Célibataire

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Narrer, exposer, relater

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Conter

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Embittered

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Aigri

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Grudge

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Rancune

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Saveur amère

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Amertume

67
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Se plaindre, se lamenter

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Gémir

68
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Story

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Récit

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Shell

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La coque

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Shipwreck

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Naufrage

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Unscathed

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Indemné

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To spot

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Repérer

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Mechanic

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Garagiste

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Discharge

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Déverser

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Sign

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Enseigne

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Anxiety provoking

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Anxiogène

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Untie

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Délier

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Stir

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Remuer

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Rarely, hardly

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Guère

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Proclaim

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Claironner

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Désordre

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Pagaille

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To devote oneself

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S’adonner

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Transgresser

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Bafouer

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Réduire

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Écorner

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Valider, rendre définitif

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Entériner

86
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Approprier quelque chose par la violence

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Usurper

87
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S’attribuer quelque chose

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S’arroger

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Tirer un plaisir, une satisfaction de la possession ou disposition de quelque chose

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Jouir

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Put a plea

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Exciper

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Flood

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Deluge

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Pound (something)

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Pilonner

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Mess

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Cafouillage

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Deviation

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Écart

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Reduce

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Résorber

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To fill in

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Combler

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The gap

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Le fossé

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Accountable

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Imputable

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Highlight

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Mettre en exergue

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To collide

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Se heurter

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To hit

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Heurter

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It proves

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Il s’avère

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To chop

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Hacher

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A discount

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Une décote

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Harassment

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Harcèlement

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Ridiculous

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Dérisoire

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Bluntly

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Sans ambages

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To slice, to settle the argument

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Trancher

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Report

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Constat

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Devastating

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Accablant

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Abandon

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Délaisser

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Curb, brake

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Curb, brake

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Unfinished

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Inachevé

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Increase

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Accroître

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Convertible

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Aménageable

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A bonus

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Une prime

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Insult

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Outrage

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Widow

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Veueve

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Repeal

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Abroger

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To devolve

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Incomber

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Tiny

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Infime

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To trip

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Trébucher

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Stoppage, walkout

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Débrayage

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To harden

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Durcir

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Breath (noun)

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Haleine

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A notch

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Un cran

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Marital

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Conjugale

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Peines planchers

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Minimum sentences

128
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Continuer

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Perdurer

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Incur

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Encourir

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Childbirth

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Accouchement

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Subsidies

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Subventions

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Discard

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Écarter

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Manners

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Moeurs

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To sketch

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Esquisser

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Hazard

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Embuche

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To sow

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Semer

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Deviation

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Dévoiement

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Sponsor, godfather

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Parrain

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Compass

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Boussole

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Bandit, robber

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Brigand

141
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Tutoring businesses

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Entreprises de soutien scolaire

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Blunder

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Bavure