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1
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fatherland

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la patrie

patrimony, matrimony, get married to your fatherland

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upcoming elections

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les elections anticipées

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elect someone in universal suffrage

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elire qqn au suffrage universel

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ballot, balloting

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le scrutin

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pass a law

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voter une loi

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freedom of religion

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la liberte du culte

freedom to belong to a cult

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self-determination

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l’autodetermination

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abstain (from voting)

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s’abstenir

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constituency

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une conscription (electorale)

conscript all the voters in your constituency and they won’t vote for you

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parliamentary pay

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l’indemnite parlementaire

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dismiss

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renvoyer

messanger dismissed, sent back to where he came from

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minister of Justice

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le/la Garde de Sceaux

minister of justive, death, guards the waters of the Stix with his scythe

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carry out a cabinet reshuffle

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proceder a un remaniement ministeriel

reshuffle all the ministers’ hands

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14
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tax authorities

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le fisc

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15
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tax somebody

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imposer qqn

taxed for being an impostor

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join

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se rallier a

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neo-Gaullist party

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le RPR

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party of centrist middle clases

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l’UDF

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police station

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le commissariat

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confess

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passer aux aveux

i confees to you that i tried to sell avon to eux

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a charge

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une inculpation

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22
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dismissal of a charge

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le non-lieu

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23
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give evidence for/against

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déposer en faveur de/contre qqn

I de-positioned myself to come give evidence at this trial

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24
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self-defence

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la légitime défense

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imprisonment for life

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la reclusion a perpetuite

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institute preliminary procedures

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mettre qqn en examen

initiate an investigation for bringing a mouse into an exam

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police custody

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la garde a vue

guarding you where they can see you

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house search

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une perquisition

inquisition searches your house 5 times a week

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piece of evidence

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une pièce a conviction

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30
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blackmail someone

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faire chanter qqn

blackmail someone with a tape of them singing

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blackmailer

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un maitre-chanteur

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32
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management

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le patronat

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33
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unauthorized strike

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une greve sauvage

savage slaves staged an unauthorized strike

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34
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meet

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se reunir

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union member

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un adherent

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36
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employees and employers

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les partenaires sociaux

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37
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to protest

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contester

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38
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call for a strike

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lancer un ordre de grève

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39
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walkout

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un debrayage

a herd of braying donkeys stages a walkout from the barn

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walk out

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debrayer

walk out braying donkey

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41
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strikebreaker

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un briseur de greve

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42
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French-born child of maghrebins

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un beur, beurette

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43
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rise up against

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se soulever contre

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44
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arms race

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la course aux armements

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conscript

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un conscrit

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46
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professional army

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l’armee de metier

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navy

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la marine

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submarine

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un sous-marin

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49
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aircraft carrier

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un porte-avions

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50
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emerge as victor

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sortir vainqueur de

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51
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senior years

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le 3eme age

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52
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make a fortune

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faire fortune

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53
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the disadvantaged

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les desherites

son disadvantaged because he didn’t inherit anything

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54
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economically disadvantaged

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economiquement faible

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55
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social gap

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la fracture sociale

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56
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give aid to someone

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porter secours a qqn

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57
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be at the top of

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etre en tete de

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58
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fade into the background

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passer au second plan

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59
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similiar

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semblable

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60
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funny

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drole (after noun)

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61
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strange

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drole (before noun)

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62
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unless

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a moins que + subj + lit ne

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63
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stumble, trip

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buter

trip on butter

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64
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put a deep root in someone

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plonger en qqn une racine que ne peut jamais etre arrachee

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65
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border

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la frontiere

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66
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jangle, clicking, rattle

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un cliquetis

that clicking, tis coming from the rattling chain

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reckless, careless, lifeless

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le inconscient

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68
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stockpile, store (energy)

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emmagasiner

stockpile emmas in a magasin

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devoid, empty

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denue

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70
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to store

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entreposer

store self-abosrbement between posers

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71
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with the result that

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de sorte que

I sorted my clothes with the result that my cupboard is clean

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72
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pillow

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un coussin

made a pillow with my cousin’s hair

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73
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concealing, hiding

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l’occulation

hiding your occult leanings

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74
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overshadow, obscure

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occulter

the fact that you worship the occult is more important to me than the fact that you’re a priest

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75
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seize, take over, possess

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s’emparer

take over a pair of emma’s

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76
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weave

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se tisser

weave a carpet out of tissues

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77
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saint-like, legendary

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hagiographique

this old hag is a legendary geographer

78
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bolt, lock

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un verrou

where can I fing a glass lock

79
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to surface, become noticable, come to light

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se faire jour

80
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fall in the birthrate

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la denatalite

81
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deterioration, degeneration

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la degenerescence

82
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nursing (adj)

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allaitant

aunt lysa was a bit late in stopping nursing

83
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stanza

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la strophe

84
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era, age

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un ere

85
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get out of limbo, come out of nowhere

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sortir des limbes

86
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from the cradle to the grave

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de berceau a tombeau

87
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become acquiainted with, meet

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faire connaissance avec

88
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picteresque

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pittoresque

89
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be on the crossroads of

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etre au carrefour de

90
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in advance, prior to

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au prealable

91
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le colloque

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seminar, symposium

seminar about using colloquial language

92
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obsolete, null

A

caduc

a cat in inside a duck is an obsolete point to this argument

93
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to not mention, ignore, not address

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passer qqch sous silence

94
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glider,hover, float/be high

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planer

95
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bring before, refer

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deferer

96
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direct (towards), steer

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aiguiller

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whiff, puff, rush (of)

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une bouffee

98
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ant

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une fourmi

four ants sing for me

99
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sowing (seeds)

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les semailles

sam sowing seeds from the wings of his plane

100
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baldness

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la calvitie

a calvity forming in your head along with baldness

101
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pillow

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l’oreiller

put your ears on the pillow

102
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bluster, storm

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faire rage

103
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old hand, veteran, old ace at smth

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un briscard

old ace in the brisbane card game

104
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dash forward, shoot up

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s’elancer

dash forward onto a lance, soul shoots up to the sky

105
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to dash off

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partir a bride

bride dashes off straight after the wedding

106
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fault

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un defaut

107
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armour

A

la cuirasse

racist got cooked in his armour

108
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taken aback

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décontenancé

taken about by de count’s decision to marry nancy

109
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crest (bird)

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une aigrette

gretta - i has a bird crest

110
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region, area, land

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la contree

count owns all the trees in this region

111
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ardour, zeal, fire, spirit

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la fougue

the fou man said with ardour - foog u

112
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to idolize

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idolâtre

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wavy

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ondule

two hondas battle in a wave pool duel

114
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beardless

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imberbe

115
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red-faced

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rougeaud

red-faced because got eau’d

116
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benevolent

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bienveillant

117
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to accept the evidence

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se rendre a l’evidence

118
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claim to, reclaim

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se réclamer de qch

119
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smooth, hairless, clean-shaven

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glabre

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foot soldier

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le fantassin

121
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link up, connect, bind (book)

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relier

122
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shaft, pole, rod

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le timon

123
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untie, undo

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dénouer

124
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here an now, stright away

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sur-le-champ

125
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attack

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assailir

126
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breach, brake, gap

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une brèche

127
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line uup, pull over, side with

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se ranger

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chasten, scourge

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chatier

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pilgramige

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pèlerinage

130
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bold, daring

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hardi

131
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stampede, disarray

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la débandade

132
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millenium

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millénaire

133
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simultaneous

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entrefaite

134
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tomb

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la sépulture

135
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steeped in, full of

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pétri

136
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dawn (verb), emerge

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se faire jour

137
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zeal

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zèle

138
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collar

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le col

139
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footpath

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le sentier

140
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meandering, winding

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sinueux

141
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it’s very col

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il fait un froid de loup

142
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raft

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radeau

143
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exhausting

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exténuant

144
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worsen, turn ugly

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s’envenimer

145
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pierce, go through

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tanspercer

146
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bitterly

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amèrement

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conspiracy

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une conjuration

148
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fury

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impétuosité

149
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unchain

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se dechainer

150
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one who keeps or drives elephants

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cornac

151
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become even more stubborn

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se buter

152
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to come up against

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buter contre

153
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he’s totally irresponsible

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c’est un inconscient

154
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be under lock and key

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etre sous verrous

155
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in declne

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en pleine degenerescence

156
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nurse, breast feed

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allaiter

157
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to bottle-feed

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allaiter au biberon

158
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the amusing thing about all that

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la pittoresque dans tout cela

159
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converse, discuss

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colloquer

160
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deciduous tree

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arbre a feuilles caduques

161
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to allow uncertainty to persist

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laisser plainer le doute

162
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second hand

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aiguille des secondes

163
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to clear a path

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frayer le chemin

164
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surge of pride

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bouffée d’orgueil

165
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to have a puff/drag

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tirer une bouffee

166
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labourious task

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travail de fourmi

167
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have pins and needles

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avoir des fourmis dans les jambes

168
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be going bald

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avoir un debut de calvitie

169
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to have free reign

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avoir la bride sur le cou/lacher la bride sur qqn

170
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chink in the armour

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le defaut de la cuirasse de qqn

171
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roll, ripple, sway

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onduler

172
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he can’t hold a candle to.

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il n’arrive pas a la cheville de

173
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bombard with questions

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assaillir de questions

174
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white-collar worker

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col blanc/bleu

175
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muddy, garbage collector

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boueux

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mouthpiece, mouth (river)

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l’embouchure

177
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moistiness, sweatiness

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la moiteur

178
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mow, flatten

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faucher

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reprisal, retribution

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represaille

180
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bloody, bloodthirsty

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sanguinaire

181
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for good

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pour de bon

182
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gravier

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gravel, pit

183
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in an unyielding manner

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inexorablement

184
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unfathomable, immense

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insondable

185
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drum, drummer

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le tambour

186
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drinking session

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la beuverie

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squatting down

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accroupi

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beam (of light)

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le fasceau

189
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related to rain

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pluviale

190
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one who studies caves

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spéléologue

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