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1
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beneath

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sous, en dessous de

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a lull

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un accalmie (repit-)

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3
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a racket

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une raquette /vacarme (=din)

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aloof

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distant/reservé/ a l’écart

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5
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endearing

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attachant

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glee

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la joie

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drugs

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la drogue

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vice

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vice (voir dépravation, débauche)

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self-confidence

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confiance en soi, assurance

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competition/rivals

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la compétition

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the resolve

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la determination

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12
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a creed

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une croyance, un principe

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the contour

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le profil, contour

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14
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doomsday

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l’apocalypse / apocalyptique

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15
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the craziness

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la folie

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16
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a maverick

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un non-conformiste

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17
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unwitting

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non volontaire, non intentionnel

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wicked

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mechant, malfaisant, mauvais

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19
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covert

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caché, secret

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vacuous

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vide, bete, stupide

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to wipe the slate clean

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effacer l’ardoise

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idly

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oiseusement, sans rien faire

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a gleam (of light)

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une lueur (un rayon de lumiere)

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beforehand

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a l’avance

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Dogdays

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la canicule

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A gale

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un coup de vent

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a squall

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un orage

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a lull

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une accalmie

29
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property losses

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pertes matérrielles

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a recovery program(me)

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un prg de reconstrution

31
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big cats

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les fauves

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a mammal

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un mammifère

33
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Exhaust fumes

A

gaz d’échappement

34
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lead

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plomb

35
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noxious

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nocif

36
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ground water

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la nappe phréatique

37
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barren

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ésertique, aride, stérile

38
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sewage

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eaux usées

39
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a sewer

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un egout

40
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An oil slick

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une marée noire

41
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Hazardous waste (sing.)

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dechets dangereux

42
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Scrap

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ferraille

43
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disposable products

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produits jetables

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a green product

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un produit écologique

45
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Shale gas

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gaz de schiste