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consommer

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to consume

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un consommateur

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a consumer

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consommation

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consumption

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les biens de consommation

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consumer goods

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la société de consommation

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consumer society

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le consumérisme

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consumerism

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satisfaire un besoin

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to meet a need

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le matérialisme

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materialism

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inutile, superflu

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needless, unnecessary, superfluous

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matérialiste (adj)

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materialistic

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les biens matériels

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material goods

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avidité, cupidité

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greed

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avide

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greedy

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instinct de possession, goût de la propriété

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acquisitiviness

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la compétition acharnée

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the rat race

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carrièrisme

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careerism

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la publicité

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advertising

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le statut social

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social status

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signe extérieur de réussite

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status symbol

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une publicité

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an advertisement, an advert , an ad

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campagne de publicité

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advertising campaign

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faire de la publicité pour un produit

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to advertise a product

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un publicitaire

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an adman

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un annonceur

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an advertiser

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une publicité ( à la télévision ou à la radio)

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a commercial

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une pause publicitaire, une page de publicité

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a commercial break

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un panneau publicitaire

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a hoarding, billboard

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matraquage publicitaire

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media hype

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tromper quelqu’un pour qu’il achète un produit

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to deceive somebody into a buying a product

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trompeur, mensonger

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deceptive, misleading

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faire un lavage de cerveau à quelqu’un

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to brainwash somebody

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une marque

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a brand(name)

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notoriété de la marque

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brand awareness

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image de marque

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brand image

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fidélité à la marque

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brand loyalty

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la télévision

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TV, television

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une émission

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a programme, a program, a show

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la téléréalité

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reality television

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une chaîne de télévision

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a TV channel, a TV station

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une chaîne payante

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a pay channel, a toll channel

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l’audimat

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audience ratings, audience figures

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un abonnement

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a subscription

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un abonné

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a subscriber

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un téléspectateur

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a TV viewer

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regarder les informations, les actualités

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to watch the news

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zapper

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to switch channels

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une famille monoparentale

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a single-parent family

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une émission d’actualités

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current affairs programme

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être collé à l’écran

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to be glued to the box

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regarder quelque chose en direct

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to watch something live

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quelqu’un qui passe son temps devant la télé

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a couch potato

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une mère célibataire

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a single mother

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naître hors mariage

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to be born out of wedlock

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allocations familiales

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family allowance, child benefit

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divorcer

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to get divorced, to get a divorce

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divorcer avec quelqu’un

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to divorce somebody, to get divorced from somebody

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avoir la garde ( des enfants)

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to have custody

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pension alimentaire

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alimony

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une famille recomposée

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a blended family

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élever un enfant seul, sans aide

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to raise a child single-handed

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beau-père/ belle mère (conjoint de la mère / du père biologique)

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stepfather / stepmother

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belle-famille

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stepfamily

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la pauvreté des enfants

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child poverty

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la maltraitance des enfants

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child abuse

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les adolescentes enceintes

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teenage pregnancy

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l’obésité chez les enfants

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childhood obesity

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le suicide des jeunes

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teenage suicide

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la fossé entre les générations

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generation gap

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l’absentéisme scolaire

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truancy

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faire l’école buissonnière

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to play truant

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sécher les cours

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to skip a class

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malmener, brutaliser, intimider quelqu’un

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to bully somebody

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harcèlement ( à l’école)

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bullying

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une bourse

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a grant, a scholarship

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l’échec scolaire

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academic failure

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l’ascenseur social

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the social ladder

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abandonner ses études

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to drop out of school

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un étudiant qui a abandonné ses études

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a dropout

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anaphalbétisme, illéttrisme

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illiteracy

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métitocratie

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meritocracy

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mobilité social

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social mobility

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monter dans l’échelle sociale

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to move up the social ladder

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barreau

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rung

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partir de rien

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to start from scratch

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égalitaire

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egalitarian

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l’égalité des chances

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equal opportunity, equality of opportunity

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l’égalitarisme

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egalitarianism

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le chômage des jeunes

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youth unemployment

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violences verbales

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verbal abuse

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un délinquant juvénile

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a juvenile delinquant, a young offender

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un voyou, un loubard

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a thug, a yob

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la violence chez les jeunes

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teenage violence

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la délinquance juvénile

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juvenile delinquency

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agresser quelqu’un (physiquement)

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to assault somebody, to mug somebody

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un agresseur

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a mugger

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agressivité

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aggressiviness

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comportement anti-social

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antisocial behavior

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petite délinquance

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petty crime

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incivilités

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disorderly conduct, disruptive behaviour

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vol à l’étalage

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shoplifting

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un quartier difficile, chaud

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a rough neighbourhood

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HLM

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council housing, a public housing

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une cité

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a housing estate, a project

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une banlieue

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a suburb

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un quartier déshérité du centre-ville

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an inner-city area

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défavorisé

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deprived, disadvantaged, underprivileged

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l’agitation

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unrest

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une zone de non-droit

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a no-go zone

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