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caché(e)

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hidden

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l’Insee

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institut national de la statistique et des études économiques

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temps partiel

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part - time

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la proie

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target, prey

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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

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l’association caritative

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charity

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le trottoir

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pavement

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démuni(e)

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deprived, needy

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errer

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to wander

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les repas gratuits

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free meals

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l’endroit

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place

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les logements

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accommodation

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la bagarre

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fight

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la cité

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housing estate

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vouvoyer

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to use “vous”

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la banlieue

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suburb

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les allocations

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benefits

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le bénévole

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volunteer

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le campement

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camp

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le chiffre

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figure, number

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contemporain(e)

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contemporary

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la couverture sociale

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benefits, social help

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décédé(e)

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deceased, passed away

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les demunis

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the poor

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déplorable

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appalling, deplorable

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désolant(e)

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distressing, sad

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les difficultés financières

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financial hardships

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dur(e)

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hard, harsh

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l’errance

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homelessness

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faire partie du décor

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to be part of the scenery

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fournir

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to provide

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l’hébergement

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shelter

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le/la parent(e) seul(e)

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lone parent

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le lieu

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place

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la précarité

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financial insecurity

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le quartier

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neighbourhood

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s’en sortir/ se débrouiller

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to cope/ to manage

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se répandre

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to spread

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soutenir

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to support/ to help

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le témoignage

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testimonial

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toucher

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to affect

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traiter de

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to talk about

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vagabonder

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to wonder

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désinvolte

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casual, nonchalant

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faire la manche

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to beg

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boire un verre

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to go for a drink

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le cerveau

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brain

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saugrenu(e)

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odd, absurd, strange

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bizarre

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strange, weird

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la mort subite du nourrisson

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cot death

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la grossesse

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pregnancy

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la blessure

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wound

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douloureux(-euse)

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painful

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subir

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to suffer

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déchirant(e)

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heart breaking

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abandonner

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to abandon

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anéanti(e)

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devastated

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l’attachement

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bond

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attentionné(e)

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caring

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l’attirance

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attraction

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le chapitre d’exposition

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the first chapter

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se détacher de

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to detach yourself from

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embrasser

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to kiss

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être à la recherche de

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to be looking for/ in search of

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impuissant(e)

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helpless/powerless

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faire une fugue/fuguer

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to run away

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instable

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fickle

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se laisser aller

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to let yourself go

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mal à l’aise

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uncomfortable, uneasy

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mal tourner

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to go off the rails

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la maltraitance

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abuse

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les médicaments

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pills, medicine

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dire des mensonges

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to lie

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mentir

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to lie

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s’occuper de

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to look after, to care

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raconter

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to tell

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se rapprocher de

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to get closer to

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reprendre gout à la vie

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to enjoy life again

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le rendez-vous

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meeting

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tomber amoureux(-euse) de

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to fall in love with

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le viol

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rape

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faire la connaissance

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to meet, to get to know

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la mendicité

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begging

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le champ lexical

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vocabulary

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se battre

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to fight

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déprimant(e)

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depressing

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la femme en errance

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homeless woman

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croissant(e)

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growing

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le sort

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fate/lot

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la dérive

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drifting, downwards spiral

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le harcèlement sexuel

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sexual harassment

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les galères

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difficult times

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le cercle vicieux

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vicious circle

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l’alcoolisme

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alcoholism

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s’échappatoire

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escape, way out

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priver

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to deprive

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la famille d’accueil

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foster family

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l’isolement

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isolation

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aux premier abords

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in the first place

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le fil conducteur

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main idea

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se briser

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to break

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se confier

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to confide in

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le baiser

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kiss

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c’est mort

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it is finished/ don’t even think about it

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elle est grillée

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she has been caught

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dégueulasse

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disgusting

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j’m’en fous

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i don’t care

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les potes

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friends

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l’apprentissage

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learning, development

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accentuer

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to emphasise

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alarmant(e)

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alarming

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la déchéance

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(mental and physical) decline

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découvrir

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to find out

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dysfonctionnel(le)

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dysfunctional

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l’enfance

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childhood

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l’engrenage

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spiral

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en marge de la société

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on the margins of society

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l’éveil

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awakening

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exclu(e)

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excluded, outcast

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flagrant(e)

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obvious

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grandir

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to grow up

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impitoyable

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ruthless

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la loi du plus fort

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the law of the strongest

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la peur

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fear

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souligner

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to emphasise

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trouver refuge

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to find shelter

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doué(e)

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gifted

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inadapté(e)

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misfit

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la limace

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slug

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la libellule

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dragonfly

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ce qui saute aux yeux

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what is striking

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l’autodérision

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self deprecation

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faire preuve

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to display, to show

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mener une vie

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to lead a life

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renouer le contact

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to resume contact

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le regarde vide

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empty look

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les connaissances

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acquaintances

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lugubre

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gloomy

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la chope

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beer glass

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les contraires s’attirent

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oppossites attract

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se lier d’amitié

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to become friendly with

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quasi

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nearly

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tant bien que mal

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as much as he can

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sombrer

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to plunge

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ailleurs

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somewhere else

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la fugue

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running away

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les affaires

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belongings

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se soumettre

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to comply with

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vieux-jeu

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old fashioned

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les tailles basses

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low rise trousers

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angoissé(e)

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anxious

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complice

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close

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le colère

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anger

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le désespoir

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despair

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mûr ( mure)

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mature

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tendre

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affectionate

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précoce

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precocious

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méfiant(e)

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wary

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la structure linéaire

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linear story

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le retour en arrière

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flashback

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les références chronologiques

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chronological references

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les éléments clés

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key elements

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raconter

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to recount

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le dynamisme

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momentum

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l’intrigue

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plot

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le saut, le bond

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leap

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faire avancer l’histoire

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to move the story forward

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le point de vue

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point of view

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la voix

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voice

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les parenthèses

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brackets

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la syntaxe

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syntax

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le point

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full stop

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l’agitation

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turmoil

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l’affolement

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panic

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les divagations

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ramblings

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la divagation, la digression

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digression

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insatiable

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insatiable

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exubérant(e)

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ebullient

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curieux(-euse)

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inquisitive

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le discours direct

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direct speech

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le récit

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narrative

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les guillemets

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speech marks

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la langage familier

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colloquial language

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l’expression familiere

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colloquialism

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le registre grossier/ vulgaire

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vulgar register

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l’erreur grammaticale

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grammatical error

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l’omission

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omission

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excentrique

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quirky

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la touche d’humour

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humorous touch

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la légèreté

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lightness

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l’absence de

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lack of

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l’anaphore

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anaphora, repetition

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apparaitre

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to appear

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avoir recours a

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to use

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le choix de

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choice of/to

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le choix stylistique

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stylistic choice

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employer

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to use

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la focalisation interne

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internal focalisation

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habile

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skillful

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la trame

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story, plot