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Modestly

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Pudiquement

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Sequence/series (of events)

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L’enchaînement (masc.)

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Scholarship student

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Un étudiant boursier(-ère)

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A handful/fistful

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Une poignée

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To run again

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Recourir

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To fit together

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Emboîter

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To follow close behind somebody

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Emboîter le pas à quelqu’un

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To release

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Relâcher

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To maintain

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Entretenir

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To advocate

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Prôner

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To achieve

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Parvenir

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Henceforth

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Désormais/dorénavant

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To spread

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Propager/étendre

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To rip/to tear

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Déchirer

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To loosen/let go of

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Lâcher

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To grab hold of/to seize

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Saisir

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A March

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Un défilé

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To bring back

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Ramener

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Villains/crooks

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Des crapules

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Une échauffourée

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A clash

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To pull out/draw out/root up

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Arracher

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Iron gates

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Les grilles

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Curious onlooker/bystander

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Un/une badaud(e)

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To beat

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Matraquer/tabasser

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To awaken/to rouse

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Éveiller

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To swarm

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Fourmiller

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To flip

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Renverser

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To come about/to arise

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Se greffer sur

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Door way

Frame/Framing

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Un encadrement d’une porte

Un Encadrement

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Dawn

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L’aube

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To call in/stop for questioning

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Interpeller

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32
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Firmness

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La fermeté

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33
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The weakness

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La faiblesse

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34
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To tilt

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Basculer

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35
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The procession

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Le cortège

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36
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To enter into

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S’immiscer

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37
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A trap

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Un piège

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38
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A redhead

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Un roux/une rousse

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39
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To seize

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S’emparer

40
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To let steam off/to unwind

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Défouler

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A turning point

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Un charnière

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To stick to/to be faithful to

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Coller à

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A retreat

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Une reculade

44
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To overlap

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Se chevaucher

45
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To arrive at an unknown place that presents difficulties

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Aborder

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A change, Revolution.

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Un bouleversement

47
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To break

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Briser

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To fix oneself in a certain attitude/to remain obstinate

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Se figer

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Briefly

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Brièvement

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Basically

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Sommairement

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Rough sketch/draft/outline

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Une ébauche

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(Individual) hard-line attitude

(Politics) hard-Line policy

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Le jusqu’au boutisme

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To shake/shake out/shake off

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Sécouer

54
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To rise up/to revolt

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(Peuple) Se soulever

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To happen

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Advenir

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To jostle/shove/to turn on its head(figurative)

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Bousculer

57
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To betray

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Trahir

58
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To lean on/to depend on

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S’appuyer sur

59
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To suffer from/ to suffer as a result of

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Pâtir de

60
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To lead to/to result in

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Aboutir à

61
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To stand up/to lift up (objects and people)

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Relever

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Obnoxious

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Odieux(-euse)

63
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Rehabilitation

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La réinsertion

64
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High school students

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Des lycéens

65
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To demean/to degrade

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Déclasser

66
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To finish/to end/to bring to a close

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Achever

67
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Trap

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Un piège

68
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Unions

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Les syndicats

69
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To be in protest

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En grève

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Fuddy-Duddy/dorky

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Ringard(e)

71
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(commerce) a branch

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Une succursale

72
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Le CRS

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La police force qui existe seulement pour les émeutes.

73
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To take out

  1. (Film) to release
  2. (Piece of theatre) to rerun
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Ressortir

74
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Numerous times

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Mainte(s) (adj.)

75
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Spirits

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Les mânes (m.plural)

76
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Audaciousness

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L’audace (fem.)

77
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Hollow

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Creux (adj.)

78
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(Group professional) fraternity

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La confrérie

79
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Decade

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La décennie

80
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To arouse/to give rise to

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Susciter

81
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Abortion

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L’avortement

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Distressing

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Affligeant(e)

83
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To seize/grab/grasp

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Saisir

84
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Conservative

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Conservateur

85
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To shock

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Ébranler

86
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Educational skills

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La pédagogie

87
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To put up/to erect

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Dresser

88
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A fortnight

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Une quinzaine

89
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To have ones back against/to the wall

Figurative

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Être aux abois

90
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To overtake

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Dépasser

91
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In turmoil

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En ébullition

92
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To have difficulty

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Avoir peine à

93
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To get a project started

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Mettre un ouvrage en chantier

94
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At stake

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En jeu

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Déceptions

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