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1
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Ancrer (sacré)

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To be enshrined in

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Chacun (2 fois)

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Every

All

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Tout

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Any

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Avoir le droit de (2 fois)

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To be allowed to

To have te right to

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5
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La NASA

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NASA (pas de the !!!)

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Posséder

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To own

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7
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Usage

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For + noun

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But

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To + base verbale

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Loisir

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Leisure

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Une croyance forte

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A firm belief

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Être très en colère

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To be outraged

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S’en tenir à son opinion

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To stick to one’s opinion/guns

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Ne pas être dissuadé (2 fois)

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To be undeterred

To be adamant

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Jusqu’à aujourd’hui

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Until now/today

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Jusqu’ici tout va bien

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So far so good

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16
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ONG

OTAN

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NGO

NATO

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Contre-carrer

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To throast

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4 millions
4 cents
4 milles

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4 million
4 hundred
4 thousand
Sauf si of

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But (3 fois)

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Goal
Aim
Purpose

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20
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Une furie

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A spree

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21
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Massacre (2 fois)

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Slaughter

Massacre

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Il est évident que (2 fois)

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It cannot be denied

There is no saying

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Un épéron (étoile du cowboy sur sa botte)

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A spur

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D’une façon soudaine

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On a sudden impulse

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Régulation du nombre d’arme à feu

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Gun control

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Rendre une loi plus dur

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To tighten laws/legislation

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Être sur une pente savonneuse

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To be on a slippery slope

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28
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Prendre des risques (2 fois)

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To be on shaky ground

To skate on thin ice

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29
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Sables mouvant

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Moving sands

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30
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De tous horizons

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Across the — spectrum

— of all stripes

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31
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Exiger (2 fois)

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To demand

To call for

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32
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Équipper

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To fit

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33
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Battage médiatique

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Media hype

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34
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Faire ralentir

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To curb

To slow down

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35
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Les États-Unies

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The USA

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36
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Prendre ses responsabilités

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To take on/fulfillbone ´s responsabilities

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37
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La société actuelle

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Today’s society

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38
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Éveiller l’esprit

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To arouse people interest

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39
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S’impliquer

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To get involved

40
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Faire plus de communication (2 fois)

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To be more vocal about an issue

To speak out

41
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Déchets (2 fois)

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Rubbish
Waste
Ils sont indénombrables

42
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Munitions

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Amnunition/amno

43
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Une balle

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A bullet

44
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Un homme armé

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A gunman

45
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Tirer sur quelqu’un

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To shoot at somebody

46
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Des coups de feu

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Gunshots

Gunfire (indénombrable)

47
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Un casier judiciaire

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A criminal record

48
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Interdire les armes à feu

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To ban/outlaw guns

49
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L’escalade de la violence

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Escalation of violence

50
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Faire respecter la loi

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Inforce law

51
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Taux de criminalité

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Crime rate

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Cartouche

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Cartridge

53
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Récidiviste

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Repeat offender

54
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Abattre quelqu’un

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Shoot somebody down

55
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Effusion de sang

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Bloodshed

56
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Permis de port d’arme

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Gun licence

57
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Limiter l’accès aux armes à feu

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Restrict access to guns

58
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Moyen de dissuasion

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A deterrent

59
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Omniprésence de la violence

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Pervasive

60
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Être partout

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To be ubiquitous

61
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Nombre de victime

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Death toll

62
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Quand il faut agir

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When it comes to acting

63
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Parler avec un enthousiasme excessif

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To gush

64
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Prendre un poste ou devenir roi

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To accede

65
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Gros bateau ou sorte de bouteille

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Vessel

66
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Petite vallée ou trou

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Hollow

67
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Endeuillé (3 fois)

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Lugubrious
Mournful
Dismal

68
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Qui ne change pas

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Steadfast in something

Steadfast to somebody

69
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Prêt sur la maison achétée

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Mortgage

70
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Excitation et glamour

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Razzmatazz

71
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Époque (formel)

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Epoch

72
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Conditions de vie

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Living standards

73
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Monter très vite (2 fois)

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To soar

To rise rapidly

74
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Pays gouverné par un autre pays

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Dependency

75
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Groupe de plusieurs îles

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Archipelago

76
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Obéisssant

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Obediant

77
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Engrainer

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To ingrain

78
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Sans quelque chose

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(Adv) Devoid of something

79
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Tentative (3 fois)

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Attempt
Effort
Endeavour

80
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Hériter

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To inherit

81
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Faits basiques qui comptent

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Nitty-gritty

Let’s go pack to the nitty-gritty

82
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Que quelqu’un le veuille ou non

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(Adv) willy-nilly

83
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Hey !

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I love you !

84
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The right to keep and bear arms

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Second amendment

85
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Courronement

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Coronation

86
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Désirer fortement ou avec compassion

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To yearn

87
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Qui dure pendant longtemps

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Perennial

88
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Parler rapidement, de façon continue et sans sens

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To charter

89
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Courtsey

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Réverence

90
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Compagnon/assistant

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Courtier

91
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Sentiment calme de satisfaction

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Complacency

92
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Casser violemment en petit morceaux

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To shatter

93
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En l’espace d’un été

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In the space of a summer

94
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Escale

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Port of a call

95
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Vivre sa vie sans but

A

To muddle along

96
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Désobeir (2 fois)

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To disobey

To flout

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