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l’envergure (f)

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scope, range

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souffler

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to breathe out

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gémissant

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moaning

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la récipiscence

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remorse

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appesantir

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overwhelm

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ramener

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to bring back

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insolite

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bizarre, out of the ordinary

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cerner

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to encircle

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contrarier

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to impede

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une attente

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expectation

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la récrimination

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accusation responding to a previous accusation

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le revirement

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U-turn

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hardi

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bold, daring

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sitôt

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immediately

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la prévention

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prejudice

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caduc

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null; void

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la rançon

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ransom

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18
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la psychose

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panic

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le barbelé

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barbed wire

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lâche

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cowardly

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21
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le ravitaillement

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food supplies

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22
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le délit

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crime

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23
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lancinant

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nagging

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se retrancher

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take refuge

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venir à bout de

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to overcome

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s’enfermer

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to retreat

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déchu

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fallen; deposed

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le pronostic

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forecast

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29
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la paille

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straw

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dépérir

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to perish; wither away

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heurter

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to hit; collide

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32
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aborer

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to display

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récuser

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to refuse; decline

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étaler

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to spread

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désavouer

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to denounce, to renounce

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douanier (adj et nom m)

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customs

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le malentendu

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misunderstanding

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traitre

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traitor, treacherous

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octroyer

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to give; to grant

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le verrouillage

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the locking

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la parenté

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relationship

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la faillite

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the collapse; bankruptcy

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l’éclosion

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outbreak

44
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amorcer

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to initiate

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une entente

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understanding, harmony

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l’entremise (f)

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mediation

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déboucher

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to unblock

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épingler

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to pin qqch or to criticise

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la contrainte

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pressure, coercion

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la réclame

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publicity, advertisement

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effréné

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unrestrained; frantic

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assainer

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to decontaminate

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limpide

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clear, innocent

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rehausser

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enhance

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le vacarme

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racket; loud noise

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l’éclat (m)

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brilliance, silver

57
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la poussière

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dust

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un enchantillon

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sample

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la propreté

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cleanliness

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coudre

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to sew

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débrouiller

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to sort out

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le forain

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fairground

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approfondi

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extensive

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la besogne

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work

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brut

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natural; crude

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affranchi

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freed, emancipated

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la tentation

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temptation

68
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la dînette

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light meal; supper

69
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bafouiller

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to mumble

70
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balbutier

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to stutter

71
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bégayer

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to stammer

72
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hurler

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to yell

73
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jurer

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to swear

74
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papoter

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to natter

75
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calomnier

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to defame

76
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médire de, sur

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slander, bitch

77
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le ragot

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gossip

78
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le serment

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oath, promise

79
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vanter

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to praise

80
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se vanter

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to boast