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1
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le bureau dans une maison

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the study

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le canapé

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the sofa / couch / settee

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la sonnerie de téléphone portable

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the ringtone

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une voix molle

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a soft voice

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un contrôleur

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a bus conductor / a ticket inspector

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un chef d’orchestre

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a conductor

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un malaise

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a malaise / an unease

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une voix blanche

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a toneless voice / a flat voice

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les honoraires / frais d’inscription

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fees

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les frais d’inscription

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the tuition fees / registration fees

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l’augmentation (de chiffres)

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the rise IN

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l’augmentation (notion générale)

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the rise OF

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une manifestation

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a march / demonstration / protest / raly

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les coupes budgétaires

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budget cuts

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un prospectus / une subvention de l’Etat / un poly / un tract

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a handout

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une aide social

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a social benefit

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une petite feuille

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a leaflet

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une vaguelette

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a wavelet

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l’endetteemnt

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the debts

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20
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une pancarte

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a placard

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qqc d’écrit sur une pancarte

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The placard read

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un cousin célibataire

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a bachelor cousin

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un vieux garçon

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a bachelor

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une vieille fille

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a spinster

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une famille monoaprentale

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a single parent family

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un homme rougeot

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a florid man

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le front

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the forehead

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le front

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the brow

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un sourcil

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an eyebrow

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les hanches

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the hips

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l’avant-bras

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the forearm

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le coude

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the elbow

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33
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la poitrine

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the chest

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la poitrine (femme)

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the breast

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les cuisses

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the thighs

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36
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la cheville

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the ankle

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37
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le talon

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the heel

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38
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les fesses

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buttock(s)

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39
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des taudis

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mean houses

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40
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un rituel

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a custom

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un arrondissement

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a borough

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42
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un responsable

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an official

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43
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la paperase

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the red tape

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44
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le siècle des Lumières

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the Enlightenment

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45
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un store

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a shade

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46
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un abat-jour

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a lampshade, lamp-shade

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47
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un vêtement

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a piece of cloth

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48
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une campagnarde

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a country girl

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49
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la plongée

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the scuba-diving / snorkeling

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50
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un permis de séjour

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a residence permit

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51
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un permis de circulation

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a travel permit

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52
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la frontière

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the border

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53
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un délit

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an offence

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54
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la fermeture

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the shutdown

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55
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le pilote

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the pilot

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56
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le mont Fuji

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Fuji Mount

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57
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l’ouragan Katrina

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Hurricane Katrina

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58
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le rédacteur en chef

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the editor

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59
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l’éditeur

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the publisher

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60
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la foule

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the crowd

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61
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un quai (navire)

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a quai

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62
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un quai de gare

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a platform

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63
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le bateau qui sert au transport de troupes

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the troopship

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64
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un navire / un vaisseau / un bâtiment

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a vessel

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65
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une fourmi

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an ant

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66
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le bateau

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the ship

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67
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une bière

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a brew / a beer

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68
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le pont

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the deck

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69
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une chaise longue

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a deckchair

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70
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l’armée de terre

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the army

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71
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la marine

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the navy

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72
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une mouette

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a gull

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73
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un cochon d’inde

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a guinea pig

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74
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une offensive

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an offensiv / a crackdown on

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75
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un colon

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a settler

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76
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la partie haute

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the upper part

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77
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le tout

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the whole thing

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78
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une étrangeté

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an odity

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79
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la voie ferrée

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the railway

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80
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un motif, un dessin, un modèle

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a pattern

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81
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une habitude, un usage, une coutume

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a custom

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82
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un chantier

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a construction site

83
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une grue (oiseau ou machine)

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a crane

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la douane / les droits de douane

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customs

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un collaborateur

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a co-worker / an associate / a colleague / a fellow worker

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les dossiers en cours

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the pending cases

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l’emploi du temps

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the chedule

88
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un docteur / un médecin

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a physician

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un physicien

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a physicist

90
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un ensemble

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a package of

91
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syndicat

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trade unions

92
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une auberge

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an inn

93
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un court moment / un sort

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a spell

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un conte de fées

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a fairy-story

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une évaluation

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an assessment

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un cadre

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a framework

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une demande

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a demand / a requirement

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la poitrine

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the chest

99
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une ride

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a wrinkle / a crease

100
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le deuil

A

the mourning

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une pelle

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a shovel

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un râteau

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a rake

103
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une fourche

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a fork

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une bêche

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a spade

105
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cuivre

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cooper

106
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le soulagement

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the relief

107
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une planche à repasser

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an ironing board

108
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un échiquier

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a chessboard

109
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une pente raide

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steep slope

110
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un soupir

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a sigh

111
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un notaire

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a solcitor

112
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une pénurie d’essence

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a petrol shortage

113
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embouteillage

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traffic jam

114
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un ouragan

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a hurricane

115
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un moyen de transfort

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a meanS of transportation

116
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covoiturage

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car pooling

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un cadavre

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a corp

118
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des vestiges

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remains

119
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in siège social

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a headquarterS

120
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UNE usine / une fabrique

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a workS

121
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un carrefour

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a crossroadS

122
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le service postal britannique

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The Royal Mail

123
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la sainte Bible

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The Holy Bible

124
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une répercutions

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an knock-on effect

125
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une victoire écrasante

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a landslide victory

126
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une administration laxiste

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a lax administration

127
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une attitude laxiste

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a lax attitude

128
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une vie trépidente

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a hectic life

129
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un dîner copieux

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a lavish dinner

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un crime haineux

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a heinous crime

131
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une tempête imminente

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an impending storm

132
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un choix fait au hasard

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a haphazard choice

133
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une étiquette

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a price tag

134
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un canular

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a hoax

135
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une lueur d’espor

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a glimmer of hope

136
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une taxe sur le revenu

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an income tax

137
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un trou de mémoire

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a memory lapse

138
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une pénurie du logement

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a housing shortage

139
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une conférence

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a lecture

140
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un liseur enthousiaste

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a passionate reader

141
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un trafic

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a ring

142
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fait divers

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news item

143
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une crise de rire

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a fit of the giggles

144
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une crise de colère

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a fit of anger

145
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une percée, une découverte

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a breakthrough

146
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un changement

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a shift / a change

147
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une porte d’entrée

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A gateway to the USA

148
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un flux

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A flow / an influx

149
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un remaniement ministériel

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A Cabinet (re)shuffle

150
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une fessée

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A spanking

151
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une chaise pliante

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A folding chair

152
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le tiroir

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The drawer

153
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un surveillant d’examen

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An invigilator

154
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un porte-document, un attché-case

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A briefcase

155
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un virage

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A bend

156
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un porte feuille

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A wallet

157
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épreuve

A

Hardship = ordeals

158
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un porte-monnaie

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A purse

159
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une critique

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A criticism

160
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l’indiscrétion

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the Inquisitiveness

161
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un fauteuil

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An armchair

162
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un geste

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A gesture

163
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un coussin

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A pillow

164
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un oreiller

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A cushion

165
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un nègre (celui qui écrit à ta place)

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A ghost writer

166
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les béquilles

A

Crutches

167
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Un porte-parole

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A spokesperson / spokesman / spokeswoman

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un fossé

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A ditch

169
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la première marche

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The bottom step

170
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un étal, un stand

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A stall

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la crapule / l’enfoiré

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That scoundrel

172
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un endroit / une tache

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A spot

173
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le but

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The purpose

174
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une conversation en tête à tête

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A cosy chat

175
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Une roue de rechange

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A spare wheel

176
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sauveteur

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a saver

177
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Une chambre d’amis

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A spare room

178
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une marmite

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A pot

179
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l’embrasure de la porte

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The doorway

180
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le verger

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The orchard

181
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le seuil

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The threshold (on)

182
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les listes électorales

A

Electoral rolls

183
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un rouleau

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A roll

184
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un pantalon de flanelle

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A pair of flannels

185
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La hiérarchie de l’entreprise

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The corporate ladder

186
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les autorités compétentes

A

The authorities concerned =

187
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le marché du travail

A

A labour market

188
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la surpopulation carcérale

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Prison overpopulation

189
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la durée de vie

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Life expectancy

190
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les dépenses de sante

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Health spending / cost

191
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les Polonais

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Polish people/people from Poland/the Poles

192
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les Danois

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Danes

193
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un mouvement culturel

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a movement

194
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une capuche

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a hood

195
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les ruelles / les rues à côté

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side streets

196
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les gamins des rues

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street kids

197
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une épicerie

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a grocery / a deli

198
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un conté

A

A Wiltshire

199
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Pays-Bas

A

Netherlands

200
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Une voiture d’occasion

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A second-hand car

201
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Pour une bouchée de pain

A

For a song

202
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Un banc

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A bench

203
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Le chiffre d’affaire

A

Turnover / sales

204
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Un nain

A

A dwarf