Pierre Lemaitre, Miroir de nos peines (2020)

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in the, over the

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au fil de

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plonger dans le passé

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delves into the past

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periple

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journey

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cahoter

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bounce alon

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fuyards

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runaways, fugitives, deserters

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cortège

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parade, procession

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funèbre

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funeral, funereal

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obus

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shells

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dénué de sens

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meaningless

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against, contrary to, counter to

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à l’encontre de

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à l’encontre de

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against, contrary to, counter to

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par le biais

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through, by means of

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bancale

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[chaise, table] rickety; [solution, raisonnement] shaky;
▸ la dernière phrase est bancale
the last sentence does not really stand up
▸ des meubles bancals
rickety furniture

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farfelu(e)

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flighty, weird

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parcourir

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roaming, wandering

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enfoui(es) (adj)

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buried

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état-major

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army staff, general staff

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envoyé en sacrifice

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sent as a sacrifice

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gueule ouvert

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with its mouth open, with a gaping mouth

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tout ce que

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everything, anything, whatever

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il est avéré

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it’s proven, confirmed, recognized

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hurlements

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howls, howling, wailing, yelling

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humidité

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damp (resultat), dampness (état),

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endémique

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all-pervasive, rampant

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plaques de fer

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iron slabs

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s’estomper

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to dim, to fade away

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laisser deviner

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you could make out, distinguish; dimly revealing

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point d’achoppement

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stumbling block

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25 km alentours

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25-mile radius

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obus de 145mm

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145mm shells

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auparavant

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before, formerly, previously, beforehand

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lumière

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daylight, light, sunlight, etc

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chars

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tanks

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couler

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run, leak, flow, pour

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verger (m)

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orchard

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empiéter

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encroach upon

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dérouler

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uncoiled, rolled out, laid, unraveled, unfolded

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piétiner

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stamp on, trample underfoot, stamp, shuffle along

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la troupe

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troops

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planter

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drive, hammer, plant into

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traverses de chemin de fer

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railway sleepers (beams, planks)

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zones

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areas

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pelleteuse

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mechanical digger, excavator

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être affecté(e)

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was needed, was in use, was dispatched, assigned, deployed, occupied

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pelle-bêche

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spades

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élever

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keep, breed, rear

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porcin

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swinish

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galeries

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galleries, tunnels

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sans cesse

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incessant, ceaselessly, relentless

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vacarme

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din

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cahut

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din (racket, of people)

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épouvantable

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dreadful, terrible, apalling

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contourner

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by-pass, skirt around

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élevage

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small-scale farm, stock