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Un séisme

  • D’après certains savants, un séisme majeur pourrait maintenant survenir à tout moment.
  • Ce séisme fut le plus important que l’on ait jamais vécu.
  • Le séisme a provoqué des dommages étendus
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An earthquake

  • According to some scholars, a major earthquake could occur at any moment now.
  • The earthquake was the biggest one that we had ever experienced.
  • The earthquake caused widespread damage
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Vachard(e)

  • Je peux être théâtral, et peut-être même un peu vachard.
  • Et peut-être même un peu vachard.
  • C’est ça, vachard?
  • Il est tombé sur un Jude vachard.
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Mean

  • now, I can be maybe even a little rough.
  • but one thing I am not is a killer.
  • is that your mean look?
  • I thought he said it was looking good.
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Confondre

  • On ne devrait pas confondre la solitude et l’isolation. Ce sont deux choses différentes.
  • Il ne faut pas confondre homomorphismes et homéomorphismes
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To confuse, mix up, be mistaken

  • We shouldn’t confuse solitude with isolation, they are two different things.
  • one must not confuse homomorphism with homeomorphism.
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Une anicroche

  • Tout s’est déroulé sans la moindre anicroche
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Hitch (a temporary interruption or problem)

  • the whole thing went off without a hitch
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Enrhumé

  • Je crains de m’être enrhumé
  • un peu enrhumé, c’est tout
  • Il est enrhumé et dort la bouche ouverte
  • Il est juste un peu enrhumé
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A cold (sickness)

  • I’m afraid I caught a cold
  • A bit of a cold, that’s all
  • It caught a cold and it’s sleeping with its mouth open
  • He’s just got a little bit of a cold
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Hausse

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Increase

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Renfort

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Reinforcement

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Peigne

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Comb

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Sombre

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Dark

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Bretelle

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Ramp

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Bagarre

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Fight

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État-major

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Staff

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Différend

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Dispute

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Habitant

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Inhabitant

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Jalon

  • Il pose dès lors un important jalon dans la réalisation des objectifs de Kyoto.
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Milestone

  • Therefore It represents an important milestone in the achievement of the Kyoto target.
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Chair

  • Je dois enlever la chair infectée.
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Flesh

  • I need to cut away the infected flesh.
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Chaussée

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Pavement

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Remorquage

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Towing

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Sucer

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Suck

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Imposition

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Taxation

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Meule

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Grinding wheel

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Couper

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Cut

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Colline

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Hill

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Attirant

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Attractive

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Balise

  • La balise vous connectera au pont.
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Beacon

  • The beacon will connect you to the Bridge.
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Accrocher

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Hang

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Rangement

  • Avantage: aucun espace de rangement requis.
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Storage

  • Advantage: no storage space is required in places.
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Doublage

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Dubbing

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Étanchéité

  • Les premiers et deuxièmes moyens d’étanchéité sont actif simultanément.
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Sealing

  • The first and second sealing means are effective at the same time.
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Accouchement

  • Cerveau insuffisamment oxygène ou accouchement difficile.
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Childbirth

  • Brain insufficient oxygen? N? Or difficult childbirth.
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Nettoyer

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Clean

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Piscine

  • La chambre donnait sur la piscine.
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Pool

  • Our room opened directly out onto the pool.
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Croissance

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Growth

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Brusque

  • L’invention concerne une aiguille spéciale pour accélération brusque.
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Sudden

  • The invention relates to a special hand of sudden acceleration.
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Afficher

  • Choisissez les sections à afficher sur votre page récapitulative.
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Display

  • Choose the sections you want to display on your summary page.
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Pourparlers

  • Nous sommes toujours en pourparlers avec la province.
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Discussions

  • we are still in discussions on that with the province.
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Entrave

  • Cette situation entrave le processus de transition.
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Obstruction

  • This situation is an obstruction to the process of transition.
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Talon

  • Il écrasa l’insecte du talon.
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Heel

  • He squashed the insect with the heel of his foot.
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Même

  • Certains pourraient même contester sa constitutionnalité.
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Even

  • In fact some might even question the constitutionality of this proposed bill.
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Opercule

  • Les bouchons doivent être équipés, de préférence, d’un opercule d’étanchéité en aluminium.
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Seal

  • The stoppers should preferably be fitted with an aluminum seal.
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Châssis

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Chassis

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42
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Parcours

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Course

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Détraqué

  • Je viens te dire que te gaidar est détraqué
  • Qui voudrait énerver un tel détraqué?
  • C’est tout de même un détraqué.
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Broken, maniac, deranged, freak, psycho, sick.

  • I’m here to let you know your gaydar is broken.
  • And who wants to mess with a maniac like that?
  • Him?- he is completely deranged.
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Rédiger

  • Mon avocat va rédiger un accord.
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To draft, write, compose, prepare

  • I’ll have my lawyer draft an agreement.
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Recrudescence

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To increase, upsurge, resurgence

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Pliable

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Foldable, collapsible, folding

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Judicieux

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Wise, appropriate, judicious

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Balade

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Walk, ride, stroll

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Un char

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A tank, a chariot, a float

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Cassure

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Break

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Endormi

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Asleep

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Palier

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Bearing

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Attirer

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Attract

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Bœuf

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Beef

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Ombre

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Shadow

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Épreuve

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Test

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Ramener

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Bring

58
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Chercheur

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Researcher

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Fil

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Wire

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Toile

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Canvas

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Abaisser

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Lower

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Libérable

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Releasable

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Paisible

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Peaceful

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Bouillon

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Broth, stock

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Affinage

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Abyss

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Malheur

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Misfortune

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Projeteur

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Projector

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Cliquet

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Pawl

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Taquet

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Cleat, tab

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Entourer

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Surround

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Avertis

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Warn

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Croyance

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Belief

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Brumeux

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Foggy, misty, cloudy

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Pond

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Lay, eggs

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Énumérer

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List

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Installer

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To install, settle

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Mettre

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To put, set

78
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Enceinte

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Enclosure

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Seuil

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Threshold, limit, level

80
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Troupeau

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Herd, flock, cattle

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Subir

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Undergo

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Endiguer

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Stem

83
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Appuyer

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Support

84
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Démissionner

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Resign

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Pourtour

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Peripheral

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Cotisation

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Contribution

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Gisement

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Deposit

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Courtage

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Brokerage

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Abîmer

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Damage, ruin, mess up

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Aboutir

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Lead, achieve, reach

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Un abri

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Shelter, refuge, cover, (a banker)

92
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Accro

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Addicted, hooked, obsessed

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Accrocher

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Hang, hold on, cling, catch

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Actualité

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News

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Affaler

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Slouch, collapse

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Affliger

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Afflict, grieve, distress

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Affubler

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Deck out

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Une aile

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A wing

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Lame

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Blade, cutter, sword, razor

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Accrochage

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Hooking

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Un logiciel

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Software

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Rêvasser

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Daydream

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Pétillant

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Sparkling

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Le cinoche

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Cinema

105
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Un Tonton

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An uncle

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Nuire

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Harm

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Atténuer

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Mitigate

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Entendu

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Heard

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Enregistrement

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Recording, registration

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Enceinte

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Enclosure

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Ruisseau

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Creek, stream

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