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1
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a bequest = a legacy

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un leg

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2
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the mainstay

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un soutien de famille

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3
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in every nock and cranny

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dans tous les recoins

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4
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a nock

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un recoin

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5
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the recesses of one’s mind

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les recoins de ton esprit/ au fin fond de la mémoire

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6
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to rub in it

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remuer le couteau dans la plaie

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7
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as mad as a hatter

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fou a lier

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8
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it’s a bitter pill to swallow

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c’est dur a avaler

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9
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to give somebody a taste of his own medecine

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rendre la monnaie de sa piece

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10
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to bleed somebody dry/white

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saigner qqn a blanc

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11
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shaky / faltering / flicker / wobble / stagger

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shaky = vacillant 
faltering  = vacillant (fig)
flicker = vaciller (flamme)
wobble = vaciller (objet)
stagger= vaciller (personne)
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12
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lining

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ce qui borde / la doublure

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13
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a scrap

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un bout

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14
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frenzy

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frenesie

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15
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a frenzy of rage

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un excès/cris de rage

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16
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a muddle

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un désordre/fouillis

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17
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a pinnacle

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un pic

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18
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a clamour

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une revendication

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19
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a sprout

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un germe/pousse

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20
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a freeloader

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un profiteur

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21
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a cheat= a trickster

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un tricheur

22
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staple

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matiere 1ere

23
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a fallacy

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une idée fausse

24
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an ease

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une aisance, facilité, aise

25
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vagarieS

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un caprice

26
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stealth

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furtivité

27
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a quest

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une quete

28
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mastery

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maitrise

29
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rattling

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rale/cliquetis

30
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peer-to-peer

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pair à pair

31
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a busle

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act grouillante/agitation

32
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a covenant

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un engagement/contrat

33
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a contender

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un concurrent/participant

34
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a challenge

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un defi

35
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a pundit

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un expert

36
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a headship

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direction

37
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an assertion

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une affirmation

38
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boldness

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audace

39
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a stash

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une planque/cachette

40
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a handful of

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une poignée de

41
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propensity

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inclination/propension

42
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a plot

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complot

43
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heartland

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le cœur (d’un pays)

44
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an hatchet

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une hachette

45
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a bucket

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un seau

46
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the upkeep

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le maintien

47
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affluence

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richesse/abondance

48
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a mismeed

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un mefait

49
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demise

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mort

50
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compliance

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conformité