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Lettre P Flashcards

1
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venir en aide

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to provide for

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bénéfice

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profitable

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un achat

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a purchase

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un fléau

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a plague

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prévenir de

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to prevent somebody from + V_ing

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se prendre pour dieu

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playing God

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léguer

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to pass on

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une politique

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a policy

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(adjectif) politique

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political

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la politique

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politics

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un homme politique

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a politician

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poursuite du bonheur

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pursuit of happiness

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un objectif

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a purpose

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faire passer une loi

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to pass a law

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média papier

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print media

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les préjugés

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prejudices

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un avantage

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a perk

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un sondage

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a poll

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louer/ faire les louanges de/ glorifier

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to praise

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vendu à

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pitch to

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dégringoler

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to plummet

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22
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seuil de pauvreté

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the poverty line

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une pratique

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a practice

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la fierté

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pride

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ranger

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to put away

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peut-être

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perhaps

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faire remarquer

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to point out

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se répandre/ s’insinuer dans

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to pervade

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une manifestation

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a protest

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faire semblant

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to pretend

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paradoxal

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paradoxical

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32
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fournir

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to provide

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33
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prétendre

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to purport to

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34
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pur/cristallin(eau)

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pristine

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35
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motif/disposition

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pattern

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36
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repousser/faire reculer

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to push back

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37
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un sac à main

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a purse

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38
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le psychisme

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psyche

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39
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les pensées

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thought

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40
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pression

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pressure

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41
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partisans

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proponents

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42
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empêcher

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to prevent

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43
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la fierté

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pride

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44
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prétendre

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to purport to

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45
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motif

disposition

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a pattern

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46
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mettre ça sur

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to put it on

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47
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la Pologne

A

Poland

48
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canal/accès / oléoduc (pour le pétrole)

A

pipeline

49
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à leur charge

A

that they have to pay

they have to pay for

50
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emplois précaires

A

precarious jobs

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un complot

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a plot

52
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une courte avance

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a short lead

53
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esprit de parti

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partisanship

54
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s’engager à

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to pledge

55
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soumettre quelque chose à quelqu’un

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to put Something to someone

56
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s’avérer / se révéler / prouver

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to prove something

57
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abandonner (tout plaquer)

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to pack in

58
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gonfler

augmenter

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to pump Something up

59
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faire (travailler ) / mettre / donner (argent)

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to put Something in

60
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importuner / harceler

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to pester

61
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la récupération politique

A

politicization

62
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être payé au noir

A

to be paid off the books

63
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faire la part des choses

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to put things into perspective
to put things
matters into context

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une tempête constante

A

a perennial gale

65
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inciter

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to prompt

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à vrai dire

A

per say

67
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lucratif

A

lucrative

for a profit

68
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rejeter / vidanger

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to pump out

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obsolescence programmé

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planned obsolescence

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mettre un terme à

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to put an end

71
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rentabilité

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profitability

72
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rentable

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profitable / viable

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point de vue / approche / vision

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perspective

74
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faire perdurer

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to perpetuate

75
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profond / grave / considérable

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profund

76
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décisions d’achat

A

purchasing decisions

77
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rendre visite

A

to pay visit

78
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le faste

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pomp / splendor

79
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montrer du doigt

A

to point fingers at

80
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les plantes

A

(absence d’article) plants

81
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participer à…

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to participate in + V/ + V-ing

82
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maintien de l’ordre

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policing

83
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généralisé / omniprésent

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pervasive

84
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dodu / grassouillet / pottelé

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plumpy / curvy

85
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pointer quelque chose du doigt

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to point out at something

86
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fleur de l’âge

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prime

87
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experts / érudits

A

pundits

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plonger

A

to plunge

89
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accumuler des kilos

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to put on the pounds

to pile on the pounds

90
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protéger quelqu’un de quelque chose

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to protect Someone from something

91
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proie / gibier / butin

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a prey

92
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s’attaquer / exploiter

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to prey

93
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chasser / s’attaquer à

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to prey on

94
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pomponner

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to primp

95
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tirer / sortir

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to pull

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retirer / enlever

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to pull out

97
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remonter / tirer vers le haut

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to pull up

98
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atteindre le sommet

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to peak

99
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en vouloir à quelqu’un / être énervé contre quelqu’un

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to be pissed of with somebody

100
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retarder / repousser

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to put off

101
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se retirer / faire marche arrière

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to pull back

102
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largement le temps / tout le temps

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plenty of time

103
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Proroger

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To prorogue

104
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Payer / verser

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To pay out

105
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Panne de courant / d’électricité

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Power outage

106
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Vierge / primitif

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Primeval

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Pélerinage

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Pilgrimage

108
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Vierge / primitif

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Primeval

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Pélerinage

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Pilgrimage

110
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Improviser

A

To play it by ear

111
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Tapoter

A

To pat

112
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fort / puissant

A

potent

113
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piquer / percer / picoter

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to prick

114
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un con / connard

A

a prick

115
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insignifiant / médiocre

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petty

116
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Vote par procuration

A

Proxy vote

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