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New French Vocabulary Flashcards

1
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la frilosité

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feebleness

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le char de combat principa

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main battle tank

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le pilote

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driver (of tank)

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le tireur

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gunner

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le chef de char

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commander

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le chargeur

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loader

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le charnier

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water cask

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mal en point

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ailing, poorly

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le remontade

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the come back

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les tirs au but

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penalty shoot out

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la déprime

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depression

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12
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le rançongiciel

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ransomeware

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UPM (réseau privé virtuel)

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virtual private network

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14
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stopper les bombardments

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stop the shelling

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15
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rassurer sur

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to reassure about

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16
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longue portée

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long range

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courte portée

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short range

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18
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passer le témoin

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to hand on the baton

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19
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le remisage

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putting away

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20
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subvenir

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to provide for, meet, cover (frais)

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la miche

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1) round loaf 2) cheeks, ass. 3). boobs, tits

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se payer

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to afford

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23
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rester en l’état

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to remain as it is

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24
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la guéguerre

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squabble

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25
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un pisse-froid

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sourpuss

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avoir travers

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to have problems

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27
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pilonner

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to bombard, to grind

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28
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un enfant candide

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a naiv child

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29
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le tripatouillage

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tampering

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30
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l’affaissement

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sinking, slumping

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31
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de pied ferme

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firmly

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32
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ensensé

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praised

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33
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mettre les bouclées doubles

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to get stuck in

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34
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la villette

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veil

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35
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le gibus

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opera hat

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l’empatement

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thickening, thickening out

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37
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la advancé

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overhang

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38
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la marquise

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glass awning

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39
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la meulière

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millstone

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40
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Paname

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slang for Paris

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41
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conditionner

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to pack, package

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42
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vivace

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perennial (of plants)

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43
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le chässis froid

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cold frame

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44
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énergumene

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firebrand

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45
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bras-le-corps

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to seize with both hands, to tackle head on

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46
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sin taxes

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les taxes comportementales

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47
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excise taxes

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les droits d’accises

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le taulier

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boss, restaurant owner

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49
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la noisette

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espresso with a nut of milk

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craquer le bout de la baguette

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to bite off the end of the baguette

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51
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le pôele

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oil burner

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52
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le bonbonne

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demijohn

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53
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le lérot

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dormouse

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54
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sanguin

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adj blood, fiery

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55
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apaisé

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quiet, calm, serene

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56
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le relooking

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makeover

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57
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le cancre

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dunce

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58
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le cocon

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cocoon

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denture

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le dentier

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emmeler

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to tangle up, to muddle up

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s’en faire

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to worry about

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62
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un ourlet

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hem

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63
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eye of a needle

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le chas d’une aiguille

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64
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spooky

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fantasmagorique

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65
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la teigne

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1) moth, 2) ringworm 3) nasty piece of work

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66
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crever le cul

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to bust your balls

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67
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fourrer

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to stick, to put

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68
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what will people say

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le qu’en dira-t-on

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69
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la drouille

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worthless book

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70
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Au schloff

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To bed

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71
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la guibolle

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leg( fam)

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72
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s’en faire

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to worry

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73
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j’ai une bouée

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I have a spare tire/ beer belly

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74
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tax audit

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le contrôle fiscal

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75
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I’m on duty

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je suis de permanence

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76
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choper

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to grab, to pick up

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77
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pérorer

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to hold forth

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78
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la lubie

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whim, craze

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ponctionner

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1) to draw off (funds), 2) to tax

80
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équilibrer le système des retraites

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to balance income and expenditures each year

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pousser des cris d’orfraie

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to shout at the top of one’s lungs

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un orfraie

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white-tailed eagle

83
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le rire jaune

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forced laugh, mirthless chuckle

84
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le bras cassé

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good for nothing

85
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en filigrane

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1) watermarked. 2). implicitly, implicitly

86
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caillera

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chav

87
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jouissive

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enjoyable

88
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to yelp

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glapir

89
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la marquise

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wrought iron and glass canopy over front door

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niquer

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to ball, bang someone

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le tirage des bois

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pruning grape vines

92
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sarriette

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savoury

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verveine

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verbena

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stère

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measure of wood, a cord, cubic metre

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Enlightenment

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le siècle des lumières

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vin de noix

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rural liqueur of nuts, sugar, red wine, brandy

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la serfouette

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draw hoe

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la motobineuse

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rotovator

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l’oseille

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1) sorrel. 2) slang for money

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le rebeu

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North African Arab

101
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le renoi

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nigger

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l’amorce

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1) bait (for fishing), 2) fine powder for a pistol

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ricaner

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to sneet

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les crins

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mane

105
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cassos or jouer cassos

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to leave

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les cassos

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people from a challenged background (cas social)

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déhors les clous

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off the record

108
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les méfaits

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wrongdoing, misdeeds

109
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fouiner

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to rummage, ferret; check up

110
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la bourde

A

blunder

111
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to blunder

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faire la bourde

112
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le poucave

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snitch

113
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le justicier

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righter of wrongs, redresseur de torts

114
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se fourvoyer

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to go astray

115
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colmater

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to fill the gaps

116
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to dodge

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esquiver

117
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buter contre/sur

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to stumble against, bump into

118
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le décrochage

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disengagement, uncoupling

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le lissage

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smoothing

120
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asservir

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to subjugate, enslave

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le pourfendeur

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sworn opponent

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smoke and mirrors

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un miroir aux alouettes

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passéiste

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backward looking

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happer

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to snatch, grab

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la sauterie

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party

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la pétasse

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slut, whore

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cocotter

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to stink

128
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relou

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tiresome, a pain

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foutre le feu

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to torch, burn down

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le canap

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sofa

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onirique

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dreamlike

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133
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live bullets

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les balles réelles

134
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on paper

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sur le papier

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l’empennage

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tail assembly, tail (0f a plane)

136
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payload

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la charge militaire

137
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le carénage

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1) fairing, bulge. 2) refit, careening

138
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electronic crash

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la panne informatique

139
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footwork

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passe-passe

140
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butterfly stroke

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la brasse papillon

141
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breast stroke

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la brasse

142
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racing breast stroke

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la brasse coulée

143
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le balcon filant

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long balcony (Haussmannien architecture)

144
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le molleton

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fleece

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asticoter

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to tease, harass

146
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le fournais

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furnace, lieu d’activité intense

147
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le cahier à souches

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receipt book

148
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la souche

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1) stamp. 2). stub of a cheque

149
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la défalcation

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write-off

150
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le dard

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sting, stinger; spur of a tree

151
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glousser

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to chuckle, to cluck (hens)

152
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stale

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rassis

153
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le bougre

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sodomite (ancien); guy

154
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escouiller

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to punish

155
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le zona

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shingles

156
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package holiday

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le forait

157
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la flemme

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grande paresse, envie de ne rien faire

158
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porter la quigne

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to be aj jinx, it’s bad luck

159
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être canon

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to be hot

160
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décrasser

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to clean, unblock

161
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se mettre en quatre

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to ben over backwards, to go all out

162
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le reuf

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brother

163
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obliquer

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to deviate

164
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se glacer

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to freeze over

165
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la figue

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1) fig, 2) vulva, 3) testicles

166
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le saint siège

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1) Vatican. 2) ass

167
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les branques

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berks

168
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s’en jeter un

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to have a drink

169
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poireauter

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to hang around

170
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sans façon

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without ceremony, without fuss

171
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remettre d’équerre

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to straighten out

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173
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cross examination

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le contre-interrogatoire

174
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par contenance

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1) by capacity. 2). to do something to appear in a certain way to others

175
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le bouge

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1) hovel, 2) sleazy bar

176
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les sommiers

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registers, police records at the Prefecture

177
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fripé

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crumpled

178
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de file en aiguille

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one thing leads to another

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180
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le pitre

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clown

181
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happer

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to snatch

182
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loose (a knot, or a screw)

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desserré

183
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loose (handle, knob)

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mal fixé

184
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loose tooth

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dent que bouge

185
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loose connection

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mauvaise contact

186
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loose (clothes)

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lâche

187
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loose (animals)

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en liberté, échappé

188
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loose (coalition)

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informel

189
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Bien fait!

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Serves you right!

190
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Well done!

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Bien joué!. Bravo!

191
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to pass an exam

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réussir un examen

192
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Yeah

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Mouais

193
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personal interests

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les centres d’interêe

194
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video editing

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le montage video

195
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to go on duty

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prendre sa faction

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