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1
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Une étiquette

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A label

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l’ampleur

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the breadth

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une source de mécontentement, une gêne

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a faff

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Une couture

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A seam

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L’apogée, le paroxysme

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climax

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l’héritage du passé

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the legacy

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une honte

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a disgrace

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un emprunt

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a loan (£,$), a borrowing

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un comptoir

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a counter, a bar

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un caniche

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a poodle

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une comédie musicale

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a musical

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une mêlée

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a fray

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L’étalage, une manifestation de

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a display

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une investiture

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an inauguration

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cohérence

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consistency

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un retour de bâton, contre-choc

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a backlash

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le parfait exemple

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the epitome [i:]

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la périphérie

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the outskirts

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le centre ville

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the downtown

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le feu tricolore

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the trafic light

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un grand-frère

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an elder brother, a big brother (fam.)

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un colis

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a package (US), a parcel (UK)

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le totalitarisme

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totalitarianism

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un ruisseau

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a brook

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Le Produit Intérieur Brut (PIB)

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the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

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L’âge de fin de scolarité

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School leaving age

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un voyage à NY

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a trip to NY

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somnifères

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sleeping pills

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un poste

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a position

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un comptable

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an accountant

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impuissance

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helplessness

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le quai de gare

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the platform

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le quai dans un port

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the quay

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un pardessus

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an overcoat

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un vêtement

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a garment

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un chemisier

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a blouse

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des chaussons

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slippers

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lacets

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laces

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en jean

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denim

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une salopette

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dungarees

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un smoking

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a tuxedo

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un collant

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tights

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43
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dentelle

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lace

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44
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cuir

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leather

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le bruit de vaisselle

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the clatter of dishes

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le bruit d’un plongeon

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the splash

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le brouhaha

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the hubbub

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le bruit de verre

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the tinkle

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un bourdonnement, vrombissement

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a humming

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bruit de pas

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footsteps

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51
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bruit de marteau

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the hammering

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52
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un bruit strident

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screech

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53
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le tic-tac

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the ticking

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54
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une mouche

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a fly

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55
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une ambiance

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an atmosphere

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56
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un pare-brise

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a windscreen

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57
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un portable

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a mobile phone

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tête de mule

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pig head

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le trottoir

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pavement

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un volant

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a steering wheel

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une roue

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a wheel

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un pneu crevé

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a flat tyre

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l’embrayage

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the clutch

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le clignotant

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the blinker

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65
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le coffre

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the trunk

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l’essuie-glace

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windshield wiper

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un pare-chocs

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a bumper

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un pneu

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a tyre

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les freins

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the brakes

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l’accélérateur

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the accelerator

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le rétroviseur

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rear view mirror

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le capot

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the hood

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73
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les phares

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the headlights

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74
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le bord d’un trottoir

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the kerb

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le bord d’un objet rond

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the brim

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le bord (terme générique)

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the edge

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le bord d’une rivière

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the bank

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un téléphone fixe

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a landline phone

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la sonnerie

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the ringtone

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80
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le ton, la tonalité

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the tone

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81
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l’éveil

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the awakening

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82
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un échec

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a failure

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83
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des épreuves

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hardships

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84
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ongle de doigt de pied

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toenail

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85
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fauteuil

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armchair

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86
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le salon

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the living room

87
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Avant-hier

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the day before yesterday

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le pied d’une armoire

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the leg of a cupboard

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un éclair

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a lightening

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pensées

A

thoughts

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une goutte

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a drop

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un passage

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a wake

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une tour d’ivoire

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an ivory tower

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un rendez-vous (normal)

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utiliser le verbe to meet

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un rendez-vous (galant)

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a date, a rendezvous

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un rendez-vous (professionnel)

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an appointment

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le caissier

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the cashier

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un parfum

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a fragrance

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commissaire

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superintendent

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le bout du rouleau

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the end of the tether

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l’épicier au coin de la rue

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the grocer’s round the corner

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un butin

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a loot

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une part

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a share

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l’interrogatoire

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the questioning

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l’infirmière

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the nurse

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des côtes

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ribs

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une blessure, une plaie

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a wound

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un handicapé (physique)

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a cripple

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des tests, des vérifications

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checks

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des points de suture

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stitches

111
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une douche froide (fig.)

A

a real let down

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la moelle épinière

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the spinal cord

113
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un congé paternité/maternité

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a parental leave

114
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un jour/semaine de congé

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a day/week off

115
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la chair

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the flesh

116
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le foie

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the liver

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un poumon

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a lung

118
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les reins

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the kidneys

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une barbe

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a beard

120
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la nuque

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the nape

121
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le front

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the forehead

122
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une ride

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a wrinkle

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un sourcil

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an eyebrow

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un cil

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an eyelash

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une joue

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a cheek

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un coude

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an elbow

127
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une cheville

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an ankle

128
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un orteil

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a toe

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les seins

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the breasts

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la colonne vertébrale

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the spine/backbone

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les hanches

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the hips

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la taille

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the waist

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le poignet

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the wristle

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le derrière

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the bottom, the buttocks

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la langue

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the tongue

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la mâchoire

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the jaw

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le nombril

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the navel

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le ventre

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the stomach, the belly (fam.)

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la cuisse

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the thigh

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le mollet

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the calf

141
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le pouce

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the thumb

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l’index

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the forefinger

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l’ongle

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the nail

144
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la paume

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the palm

145
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une fossette

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a dimple

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des tâches de rousseur

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frekles

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une nappe

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a tablecloth

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l’argenterie

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the silverware

149
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les couverts

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the cutlery

150
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un plat

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a meal

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la bienséance

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decorum

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des serviettes

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napkins

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un calvaire

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an ordeal

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un pli de couture (voulu)

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a pleat

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un pli non désiré

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a crease

156
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l’atteinte, la portée

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the reach

157
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des ruches

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beehives

158
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un voile

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a veil

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le bourdonnement

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humming

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un essaim

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a swarm

161
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une poule

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a hen

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un sorcier

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a sorcerer

163
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le teint

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the complexion

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mention très bien

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(with) first class honours

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boutons (visage)

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pimples

166
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le distributeur

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the vending machine

167
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des rats de bibliothèque

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bookworms

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la nuit noire

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the pitch-dark night

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des cernes

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dark rings

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le rebord de la fenêtre

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the windosill

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un tire-au-flanc

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a skiver

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un représentant syndical

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a staff representative

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une PME

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a medium-sized business

174
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le personnel

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the staff

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une fusion

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a merger

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un actionnaire

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a shareholder

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un CDD

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a fixed-term contract

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un syndicat

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a (trade) union

179
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un PDG

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a CEO

180
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un CDI

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a permanent contract

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une période d’essai

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a probationary period

182
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des heures supplémentaires

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extra hours

183
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un jour de travail

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a day’s work

184
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une tâche/corvée ménagère

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a domestic chore

185
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une poêle

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a frying pan

186
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une vinaigrette

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a salad dressing

187
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une cuisinière

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a stove

188
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le veau

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veal (meat) / calf (animal)

189
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le bœuf

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beef (meat) / ox, oxen (animal)

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le porc

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pork (meat) / pig (animal)

191
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le mouton

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mutton (meat) / sheep (animal)

192
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une casserole

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a sauce pan

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une marmite

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a pot

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un four

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an oven

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une bouilloire

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a kettle

196
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un congélateur

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a freezer

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un plateau

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a tray

198
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la porcelaine

A

china

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une tasse

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a cup

200
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une carafe

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a jug

201
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les couverts

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cutlery

202
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un couteau

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a knife

203
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une fourchette

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a fork

204
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une cuillère

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a spoon

205
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un tire-bouchon

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a corkscrew

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un plat

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a dish

207
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une maladie mortelle

A

a deadly disease

208
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ce dernier, celui-ci

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the latter

209
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motivations

A

motives

210
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grenier

A

attic

211
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cave

A

cellar

212
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une école sélective

A

a grammar school

213
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un directeur d’école

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a school master