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arrêter

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halt, stop, cease, pull up, come to an end

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gêner, entraver

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hamper, block, hinder, stand in the way, impede

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au hasard

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haphazard, random, accidental

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désordonné

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haphazard, careless, disorganized

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précurseur, avant-coureur, annonciateur

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harbinger, forerunner, indication, messenger, omen, portent, precursor, presage, shelter, sign, signal

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nuisible

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harmful, damaging, destructive, hurtful, noxious

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récolte

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harvest, crop, yield

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accélérer

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hasten, quicken, hurry up, scurry, scuttle, accelerate

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danger

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hazard, risk, precariousness

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risqué

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hazardous, precarious, risky, dicey

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curative, qui soigne

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healing, curative

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frénétique, agité

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hectic, frantic, frenetic, chaotic, turbulent, agitated

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faire attention à qqch

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heed, pay attention to, mind sth

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saluer annoncer / avant-coureur, annonciateur, signe, précurseur

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herald, announce, hail / forerunner, harbinger, messenger, pioneer, precursor

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intello, cultivé

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highbrow, intellectual, brainy, cultivated

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mettre en lumière, insister, souligner

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highlight, point up, stress, underline

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à l’âme nôble

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high-minded, noble, elevated, magnanimous

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gêne, entrave, obstacle

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hindrance, obstacle, hurdle, setback, impediment

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dépendre de, compter sur

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hinge on, depend on, count on, rely on

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louer

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hire, rent

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engranger, amasser

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hoard, store, treasure, amass, garner

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rouler qqn, berner qqn / arnaque, escroquerie

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hoax, take sb for a ride, fool, trick, be taken in, swindle, spoof

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retarder, entraver

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hold up, delay, slow down, set back, hinder

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arrêté, en attente

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hold (on), delayed, postponed, deferred

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teinte, couleur

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hue, colour, shade, tinge

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chahut, raffut

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hullabaloo, much ado, rumpus, uproar, hue and cry

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obstacle, barrière

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hurdle, obstacle

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s’immiscer dans, s’ingérer dans

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encroach up(on), infringe up(on), intrude up(on)

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mener à terme

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implement, carry out, execute

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inconvenant, déplacé

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improper, inappropriate, unsultable

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début

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inception, beginging, start, outset

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constamment, en permanence, sans cesse

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incessantly, constantly, perpetually, steadily

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encourir, se retrouver avec qqch, faire l’objet de

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incur, find, get, obtain, receive, suffer, sustain

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oisif, inactif, vacant, désaffecté

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idle, inactive, unoccupied, deserted, dormant, empty, unused, disused, vacant

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flâner, ne rien faire

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idle about, laze about, loaf about, lounge around, sit around

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dégâts, dommages

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impair, damage

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accuser qqn

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indict, accuse, charge sb with sth

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sans discernement, au hazard

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indiscriminate, arbitrary, random

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indéniable

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indisputable, unquestionable, undeniable, unmistakable

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générer, causer

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induce, cause to happen, bring about/in, engender

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excessif, hors de prix

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inordinate, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant

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curieux, qui met son nez partout

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inquisitive, curious, intrusive, nosy, snooping

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perspicacité

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insight, understanding, intuition

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être à l’origine de

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instigate, initiate, cause to start

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donner des instructions, des ordres

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instruct, direct, order

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compliqué

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intricate, complicated, complex

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intrinsèque, inné

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intrinsic, inherent, built-in, natural

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inventif, créatif, ingénieux

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invent, inventive, ingenious, creative

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concevoir, créer, inventer

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invent, create, think up, dream up, conceive

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enquêter sur

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investigate, inquire into, look into, study

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comprendre, inclure

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involve, include

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être engagé, être partie prenante

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involved, be part of sth, be commited to sth

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au mépris de qqch

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irrespective (of sth), regardless of

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embêter, ennuyer, contrarier

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irritate, annoy, bother, bug, irk, infuriate, peeve, upset

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planter qqn, laisser tomber, abandonner

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jilt, ditch, drop sb, turn sb loose, leave sb in the lurch

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voyage

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journey, trip

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jouer des coudes, pousser

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jostle, use force by pushing, elbowing

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