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1
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l’assistance (f)

A

help

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la réforme

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reform

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agraire

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agrarian, to do with land

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un écolier

une écolière

A

a schoolboy

a schoolgirl

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contemporaine (adj)

A

contemporary

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natale (adj)

…dans son île natale…

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native

…in his native island…

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quasiment (adv)

A

practically

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la notoriété

A

fame, reputation, celebrity

note: no negative implication

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l’abolition (f)

A

abolition

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l’esclavage (f)

A

slavery

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la disposition

A

tendency

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remarquable (adj)

A

remarkable

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une issue

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an outcome

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issue de (adj)

A

coming from

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la scolarité supérieure

A

higher education

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couronner

A

to crown

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l’obtention

A

obtaining

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prestigieux (adj)

prestigeuse

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prestigious

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un/une fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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fidèle

A

faithful

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au fil de…

A

through

lit: to the thread of…

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un rejet

A

a rejection

23
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aliéner

A

to alienate

24
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acculturer

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to acculturate

to strip of native culture

25
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assimiler

A

to assimilate

26
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une plaie

A

a wound

27
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une cassure

A

a break

28
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la paillette

A

sequin

29
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le cancre

A

dunce

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un lièvre

A

a hare

31
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sitôt

A

before

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à point

A

at the right time

opportunely

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gager

A

to bet, wager

34
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une commère

la commère

A

a gossip

gossip

35
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une déroute

A

a rout, a crushing defeat

36
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un logis

A

a home

37
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guetter

A

to watch, be on guard

38
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une parabole

A 
a parable  (literature)
a parabola  (mathematics)
39
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les aïeux (m)

les aïeules (f)

A

ancestors

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une broutille

A

a trifle, a flea bite

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une bestiole

A

a tiny creature, bug

small animal

42
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jacasser

A

to chatter

43
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un jacasseur

A

a chatterbox

44
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trébucher (sur, contre)

A

to stumble (on, against)

45
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un buisson

A

a bush, shrub

46
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un cartable

A

a school bag

47
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une bretelle

A

a shoulder strap, sling

48
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galvaudé (adj)

A

overused

49
Q

un accotement

un accotement meuble
un accotement non stabilisé

A

shoulder (of a road)

verge
soft shoulder

50
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un testament

A

a will

51
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le coucher du soleil

A

sunset

52
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passer qc

A

to cross st
pass
go through

note: as transitive verb, takes avoir

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