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Just like, just as

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Ainsi que

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Obstacle, hindrance, impediment

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Une entrave

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To roll out, unroll

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Dérouler

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Suburb

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un faubourg

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While, whereas

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Tandis que

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To reach

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Parvenir

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To appeal to

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Tenter

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Seizure, confiscation

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Mainmise

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Trek, journey, long haul

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Un périple

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Small box, gift set

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Un coffret

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Limitation, restriction

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Astreinte

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Sink, scale down

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Baisser

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To plead

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Plaider

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To stir, inflame, heighten

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Attiser

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Hatred, hate

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La haine

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To hinder, to prevent, to stop

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Empêcher

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Headache

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Un casse-tête

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To remind

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Rappeler

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To cover

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Coiffer

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To turn off, to extinguish

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Éteindre

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To invoke, to touch on, to touch upon

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Évoquer

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To lodge a complaint

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Porter plainte, eg je voudrais porter plainte

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To pin

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Épingler, eg épingler à ou sur

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To contaminate, pollute, defile, spoil

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Corrompre

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The preventers

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Les empêcheurs

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To venture, to dare

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Oser, eg si j’ose dire

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To borrow, to take

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Emprunter

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Commonplace, ordinary, usual

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Banal

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Above

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Au-dessus

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On the sly, in secret, behind closed doors

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Catimini

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Balance sheet, results

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Le bilan

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Burden, to make heavy, weigh down

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Alourdir

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A defendant

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Un prévenu

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We will look more at

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Nous nous pencherons plus sur (se pencher plus sur)

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The West Bank

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Cisjordanie

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To finish, to complete, to end

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Achever, s’achever

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Launching, release , setting off

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Déclenchement

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A coffin

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Un cercueil

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A wig

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Une perruque

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A storyteller

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Un conteur / Une conteuse

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Retaliation, revenge

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La revanche

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To dupe, to cheat, to mislead

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Tromper

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To aim at, to target

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Viser

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To appeal to, to attract

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Tenter

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To bring

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Apporter

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A truce

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Une trêve

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To reach

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Parvenir

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To set back, to slow

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Retarder

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Corridor, hallway

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Un couloir

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To tense

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Se tendre

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Yet, however, though

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Pourtant

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Blockade

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Le blocus

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Truck drive

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Un routier

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Polls, ballot

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Un scrutin

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To clutch at

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Se saisir de

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Malfunction

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Une Défaillance

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To salute, to greet

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Saluer

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To start again, restart

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Rédemarrer

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To continue, to go on

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Se poursuivre

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To forewarn, to warn, to anticipate

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Prevenir

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To bring about, to bring

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Amener

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To jolt, to rock, to shake

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Secouer

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To bring back to life, to reanimate

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Raviver

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To instigate, to trigger, to cause, to activate

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Déclencher

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To collapse, to knock down

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Écrouler

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Peelings

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Des épluchures

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Receptacle, bin, box

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Un bac

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Burned

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Brûlé

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A survivor

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Un rescapé

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Is released

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Est paru, eg notre catalogue est paru

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Damage

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Dégât

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A nest

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Un nid

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Unexpected, unplanned

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Inattendu

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An eruption

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Une percée

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Bring, bring along

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Amener

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To stab

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Poignarder

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To treat ( medically)

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Soigner

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To determine

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Constater

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The end

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Le Bout, eg jusqu’au bout

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Warehouse, depot, store room

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Un entrepôt

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An issue

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Un enjeu, eg un enjeu stratégique

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As long as

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Tant que

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High water

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Une crue

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A Flooding

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Une inondation

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Era, epoch, period

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Ère

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Primary, prime, main

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Maître

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Beaten, forged, pounded, hammered

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Martelé

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Will, willpower, volition

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Volonté

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Instill, inject

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Insuffler

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Among, between

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Parmi

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Continue, go on

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Se poursuivre

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As for, as to

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Quant à

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Everywhere

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Partout

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To confront

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Affronter

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A Leader

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Un dirigeant

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Booming, blaring, thundering

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Tonitruant

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Hostage

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Un otage

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To Shelter, to screen, to protect

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Arbiter

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Dedicated to

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Dédier à

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To appear

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Apparaître

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A bite, sting, injection

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Une pîqure

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Draw away, pull away

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Entraîner

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To detect, to notice

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Apercevoir

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Among, between

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Parmi

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Impaired, damaged

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Affaibli

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Trigger, cause, activate

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Déclencher

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A clash

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Un heurt

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Brawling, fighting

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Une bagarre

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Spokesperson

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Un/une Porte-parole

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Disclaim, deny, disavow

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Nier

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Wet, make wet, drench

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Mouiller

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To blame

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Reprocher

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Instigate, trigger

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Susciter

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Hamper, thwart, obstruct, hinder

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Entraver

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Inducement, instigation

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Incitation

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Check out (of the hotel)

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Régler la note (eg l’homme régle la note de l’hotel)

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A discount

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Une remise

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Kettle

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Une Boulloire

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Scotch tape

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Un scotch

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Soft

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Doux

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An ankle

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Une cheville

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A spoon

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Une cuillère

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Bored

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Ennuyé

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To turn off

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Éteindre

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Disgusting

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Dégoûtant

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Light drizzle

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Pluie légère

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Bottle opener

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Un décapsuleur

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Relaxed

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Détendu

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Call back, to remind

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Rappeler

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Leisure

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Le loisir

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To harden

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Durcir

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But then again, but in the other hand

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Toutefois

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A subsidiary company

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Une filiale

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To Pay out

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Verser

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Incomplete, unfinished

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Inachevé

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Economic downturn

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Le ralentissement

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Thus, so

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Ainsi

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Deactivate, diffuse, render harmless

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Dèsamorcer

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Endorse, encourage, support

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Appuyer

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Oppressive, suffocating, choking

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Étouffant

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Satisfy, alleviate, calm down

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Apaiser

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To liberate

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Affranchir

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To develop, to enrich

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Étoffer

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Unexpected, unforeseen, not planned

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Inattendu

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To fix, determine, rule

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Statuer

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Respect, regard, deference

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L’égard (m.)

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Attrocity, cruelty

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La cruauté

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To look like, to look as if, to sound

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Paraître

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Profitable

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Rentable

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A clash

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Un heurt

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To burst, to break out

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Éclater

Des heurts ont éclate avec les forces de l’ordre

152
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As for, as to

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quant à

Eg Et quant à la justice, aussi prudent soit-elle…

153
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Error-prone

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Fallible

Eg Que cette justice soit humane et par conséquent faillible.

154
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As long as

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Tant Que

Eg Tant que dans le monde on pendra (to hang), on décapitera (to decapitate)…

155
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Follow up, chase, pursue

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Poursuivre

Eg doivent poursuivre leur combat

156
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A Disgrace, shame, reproach

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Une honte

Eg Elle est une honte pour l’humanité

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Flattering

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Élogieux

Eg avec à chaque fois des mots très élogieux

158
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Depression, slump

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Le marasme

Eg et faire sortir le pays du marasme économique

159
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Belong to, be the property of

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Appartenir

Eg pour pouvoir avoir uncle chance d’appartenir à une majorité

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Anonymity

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L’anonymat (m)

Eg La Jayne fille de 24 ans de l’anonymat

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Marked by

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Jalonnée

Eg … son immense carrière, jalonnée par 23 albums studio

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Route, track, path

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Acheminement

Eg …est un point vital pour l’acheminement de l’aise humanitaire

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Soul

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L’âme (f.)

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Talks, negotiations

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Les pourparlers (m.)

Eg de nouveaux pourparlers

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Growth, development

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La croissance

Eg La croissance des 27

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Thickness

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Épaisseur (f.)

Eg de leur épaisseur, neuf millimètres

167
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To base, to establish, to found

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Fonder

Eg Mais d’où vent ce cliché et est-il fondé?

168
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We realized

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On se rendait compte

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To broach, to address, to tackle

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Aborder

Eg on ne savait pas vraiment comment aborder ce sujet

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We cannot miss

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On ne peut pas passer à côté

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Quotation mark

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Un guillemet (“)

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To catch-up

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Se remettre au courant

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A routine

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Un courant

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Germany

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Allemagne

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A wink

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Un clun d’oeil

Eg Et là, un petit clin d’oeil parce que…

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To realise something

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Se rendre compte de quelque chose

Eg je m’en suis rendu compte quand j’ai commencé à…

177
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To feel, to experience

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Ressentir

Eg elles ressentent un choc émotionnel

178
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Grumpy

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Bougon

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To inflate; inflated

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Gonfler; gonflé

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Expected

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Attendu

Eg c’est pas vraiment attendu

181
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To call back; to remind

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Rappeler

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Reminders

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Des rappels

Eg on a besoin d’avoir ces rappels parce que…

183
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To crush, to smash, to overpower

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Écraser

184
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Overpowering, very strong, overwhelming

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Écrasant

Eg même si ce n’est pas une écrasante majorité…

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To hold hands

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Se tenir la main

186
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To cuddle

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Se faire des câlins

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Relaxed

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Détendu

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Disappointed

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Déçu

189
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To hit on, to chat up

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Draguer

Eg Alex drague toutes Les filled qu’il rencontre

190
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Sticks to the skin

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Colle à la peau

Eg …qui colle à la peau des français

191
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To glue, to pastry

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Coller

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Soul mate

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Une Âme soeur

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A little perspective

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Un peu de recul

Eg si on prend un peu de recul

194
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Love at first sight (or quickly)

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Un coup de foudre

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Lightning

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Une foudre

196
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Streak of lightning

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Un éclair

197
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Frankly, bluntly

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carrément

198
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To cheat, to be unfaithful

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Tromper

Eg il a trompé la suivante…

199
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To be ashamed

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Avoir honte

Eg Ils ont plus honte

200
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To break off, to sever

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Rompre

Eg c’est plus facile à rompre

201
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From now on, now

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Désormais

Eg Il est désormais prêt…

202
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To lash out at, hit out at

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Fustiger

203
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Deal, strike, proclaim

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Assèner

204
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Praise highly

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Vanter

Eg Les participants vantent en général le système…

205
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A right, a property, an asset

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Un bien

206
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To aim at

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Viser
E.g. Ils ont visé le plus grand barrage du pays

207
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A Persistence

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Un acharnement

208
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To hinder, to prevent

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Empêcher

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Inclined

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Enclin

210
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A scarceness

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Une pénurie

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