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prétender

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to claim

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distruyant

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entertaining

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gâté

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spoilt

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un enfant pourri

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a spoilt brat

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les données

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data

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un épée

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a sword

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se débarrasser de

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to get rid of

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une queue de pie

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a tailcoat

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‘ca ne fait pas de mal’

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‘it doesn’t hurt anyone’

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la survie

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survival

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‘de nos jours’

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‘these days’

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les perspectives

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prospects

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s’écrasser

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to crash

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une recette

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a recipe

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une denrée

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a foodstuff

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guérir

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to cure

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lors de

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during

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un classeur

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a folder

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un reçu

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a receipt

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une note

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a bill (hotel)

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une addition

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a bill (restaurant)

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une facture

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a bill (services)

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un tronçon

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a section (transport)

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relier

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to link

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un citadin

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an urbanite

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une campagnard

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a country bumpkin

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le tele-travail

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remote working

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les heures de pointe

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rush hour

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valonné

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hilly

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en gras

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in bold

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se foufiler

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to push inbetween

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une rame

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a train (metro)

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se précipiter

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to rush

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coincé

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cornered, stuck

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un trajet

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A journey

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Il faut mieux

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It’s advisable to, better to

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Un couloir

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The hallway

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Large

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Wide

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Étroit

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Narrow

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Les gants

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Gloves

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Une grève

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A strike

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Le bruit court

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Rumour

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Déboucher sur

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To open out into

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Les cloches

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Bells

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Monotone

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Monotonous

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Une écharpe

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A scarf

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Un camion

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A lorry

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‘On verra la suite’

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‘We’ll see what happens’

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Une costume

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A suit

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Une nappe

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A tablecloth

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Une bougie

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A candle

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L’essence

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Petrol

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Un carburant

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Fuel

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Sucré

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Sweet

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Amer

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Bitter

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Une expérience

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An experiment

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Ralentir

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To slow down

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Être pressé

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To be in a hurry

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Se dépêcher

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To hurry

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‘Formaté’

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‘Straight-laced’

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Une malette

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A briefcase

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Un pardessus

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An overcoat

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Un arrêt de bus

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A bus stop

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Un abri-bus

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A bus shelter

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Un agenda

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A diary

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Une montre

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A watch

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Les honoraires

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A fee

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Accueillir

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To welcome

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Un comptoir

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A counter

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Un beigner

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A doughnut

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Une cabine

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A booth

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Un âne

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A donkey

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Un chirurgien

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A surgeon

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Un engrais

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A fertiliser

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L’herbe

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Grass

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Un mètre-carré

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A square metre

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Un mètre-cube

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A metre cubed

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Attirer

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To attract

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Avaler

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To eat

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Engloutir

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To gobble

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Les grandes surfaces

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Supermarkets

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Bondir

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To rise quickly

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Une fève

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A bean

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Un magasin de proximité

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A convenience store

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Faire part à quelqu’un

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To fill someone in

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Peser le pour et le contre

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To weigh up the pros and cons

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La folie

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Madness

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Tenter de

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To try to

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J’ai vécu

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I lived

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Compter pour qqn

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To be important for so

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Verdoyant

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Verdant

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Agencer

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To organise a room

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Un plafond

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A ceiling

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D’occasion

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Second hand

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Un jouet

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A toy

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Être usé

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To be worn

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L’équipage

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The crew

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Un adepte

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A fan

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Grimper

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To climb

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susciter

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to incite, trigger

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la bagarre

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fight (physical)

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abattre qqn

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to shoot s.o.

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poignarder

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to stab

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le béton

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concrete

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avouer

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to confess

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avoir une peur bleue de

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to be terrified of

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un meurtier

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a murderer

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un guide de voyages

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a guide book

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la livraison

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delivery

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blâmer

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to blame

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‘monter du droit à qqn’

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‘to point the finger (of blame) at s.o.’

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une gorgée

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a sip

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être périmé(e)

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to be rotten/off

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la date de péremption

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the expiry date

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‘il a vu le jour’

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‘it saw the light of day’

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un négocint

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a trader/dealer

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un agent d’entretien

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a cleaner

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l’élargissement

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the enlargement

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consacrer de temps à

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to dedicate time to

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un caddie

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a trolley

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une caisse

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a counter, checkout

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un tapis roulant

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a conveyor belt

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la linge

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linen (sheets, towels etc.)

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la vaiselle

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kitchenware

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une mi-temps

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a half (sport)

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de nos jours

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nowadays

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désormais

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‘from now on’

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tenté par

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temped by

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une public icble

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a target audience

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les media sociaux

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social media

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‘un electron libre’

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‘a loose canon’

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raviver

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to revive

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se servir

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to use

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le désinteréssement

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volunteering, unpaid work

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l’ivrogenerie

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alcoholism

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un lave-linge

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a washing machine

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s’embrasser

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to kiss

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une pensée

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a thought

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réagir

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to act

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faire la navette

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to commute

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un retrait

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a withdrawal

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un son

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a sound

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un facteur

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a postman

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une casquette

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a uniform hat (with a peak)

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une veste

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a jacket

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un paillason

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a doormat

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la paille

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the stalk, straw

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le foin

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hay

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un frigo

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a fridge

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vide

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empty

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pourri

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rotten

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une jupe

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a skirt

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les pantoufles

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slippers

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une poignée

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a handle

155
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un tiroir

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a drawer

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un évier

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a sink

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un lavabo

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a basin

158
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un lien

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a link

159
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les arts martiaux

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martial arts

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se renseigner

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to ask for information

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une rive

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a river bank

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au cours de

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over, during

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prendre la relève

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to replace

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laid

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ugly

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le coude

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elbow

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le poignet

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wrist

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le cheville

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ankle

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le contenu

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contents

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décrire

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to describe

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une étiquette

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a label

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un chef’d’oeuvre

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a masterpiece

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s’écrouler

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to collapse

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(jeter) un coup d’oeil

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(to give) a glance

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être dédié à

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to be dedicated to

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une toile

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a painting, canvas

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un tableau

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a painting

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une monde

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a crowd

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un sommet

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a summit

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Intervenir

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To intervene

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Rendre compte de

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To explain

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Une doléance

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A demand

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Recueillir

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To gather

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Un périple

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A tour

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Depuis lors

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Since then

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‘Concerné de près par’

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‘To be closely involved in’

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Tout au plus

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Maximum

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Avaliser

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To validate

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Prévenir

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To warn

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Les données

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Data

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Ordonné

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Orderly

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Un parrain

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A godfather

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Une marraine

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A godmother

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Hausser le ton

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To raise one’s voice

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Houleux (se)

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Stormy, tempestuous

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En douceur

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Gently

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Embaucher

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To hire

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L’essor

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Development

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‘Il ne tient pas débout’

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‘It doesn’t make sense’

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Entamer

A

To start, commence

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Ne… guère…

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Hardly

201
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Un choix cornélien

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A very difficult choice

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Défiler

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To march

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Mettre dans l’embarras

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To embarrass

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Un pour parler

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A negotiation

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Un hibou

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An owl

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Un homard

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A lobster

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Haleter

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To pant

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Un havre

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A harbour

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Un éboueur

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A rubbish collector

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Paresseux

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Lazy

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Une redevance

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A fee, license fee (tax)

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Dépenser

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To spend (money)

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Le robinet

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The tap

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Allumer

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To switch on

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Une bougie

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A candle

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Une boule

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A bubble

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Une vigne

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A vine

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Un vignoble

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A vineyard

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Un bouchon

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A cork

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Une recette

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A recipe

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Inédit

A

New

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Décoller

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To take off (fly)

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L’éclair

A

Lightening

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Atterrir

A

To touch down/land

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Une icône

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A symbol/icon

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S’en aller

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To leave

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Un contretemps

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A setback/delay

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Une éventualité

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A possibility

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En tant que

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As a…

230
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Dépecer

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To butcher

231
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Un gilet de sauvetage

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A life jacket

232
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Un cambrioleur

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A robber

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Rater

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To miss (a train)

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Être muni de

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To be equipped either

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Mouillé

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Damp

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Trempé

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Drenched

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Malhonnête

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Dishonest

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Un mensonge

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A lie

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Un sapin

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A fir tree

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Rattraper

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