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énerver

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to irritate

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s’engager

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to enlist

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s’évader

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to escape

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éviter

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to avoid

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fauteuil roulant

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wheelchair

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fuir

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to flee

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fuite

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flight/leak

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prendre la fuite

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to take flight

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fusil

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gun

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fusiller

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to shoot

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grève

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strike

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gréviste

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striker

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guerre

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war

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heures de pointe

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rush-hour

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heurter

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to strike/bump into

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HLM (Habitation à Loyer Modérée)

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council house/council flat

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incendie

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fire

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infirme

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disabled

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inonder

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to flood

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inquietude

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worry

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interdire

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to forbid

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ivre

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drunk

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jurer

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to swear

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laisser tomber

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to drop

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larme

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a tear (eg in the eyes)

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lutter

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to fight/struggle

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mal du pays

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homesickness

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malentendu

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misunderstanding

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menacer

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to threaten

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mensonge

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a lie

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mentir

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to lie

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messe

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mass

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meurtre

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murder

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moeurs

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customs

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mordre

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to bite

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noyer

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to drown

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point de vue

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point of view

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polluer

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to pollute

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preuves

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proof

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prévenir

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to inform/to warn

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prévoir

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to foresee

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prier

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to pray

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protéger

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to protect

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récompense

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reward

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règlement

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rule

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la reine

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queen

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remettre

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to hand in (e.g. an essay)

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renoncer

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to give up

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renverser

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to run over

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renvoyer

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to sack

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le roi

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king

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sida

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AIDS

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soupçonner

A

to suspect

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sourd

A

deaf

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soutenir

A

to support

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le soutien

A

support

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supporter

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to bear/to put up with

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un syndicat

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a trade union

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témoin

A

witness

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tirer

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to shoot

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toxicomane

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drug addict

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tricher

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to cheat

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voyou

A

yob

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Humphrey est un voyou

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Humphrey is a yob

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to irritate

A

énerver

66
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to enlist

A

s’engager

67
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to escape

A

s’évader

68
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to avoid

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éviter

69
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wheelchair

A

fauteuil roulant

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to flee

A

fuir

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flight/leak

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fuite

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to take flight

A

prendre la fuite

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gun

A

fusil

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to shoot

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fusiller

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strike

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grève

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striker

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gréviste

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war

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guerre

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rush-hour

A

heures de pointe

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to strike/bump into

A

heurter

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council house/council flat

A

HLM (Habitation à Loyer Modérée)

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fire

A

incendie

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disabled

A

infirme

83
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to flood

A

inonder

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worry

A

inquietude

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to forbid

A

interdire

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drunk

A

ivre

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to swear

A

jurer

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to drop

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laisser tomber

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a tear (eg in the eyes)

A

larme

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to fight/struggle

A

lutter

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homesickness

A

mal du pays

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misunderstanding

A

malentendu

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to threaten

A

menacer

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a lie

A

mensonge

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to lie

A

mentir

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mass

A

messe

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murder

A

meurtre

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customs

A

moeurs

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to bite

A

mordre

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to drown

A

noyer

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point of view

A

point de vue

102
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to pollute

A

polluer

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proof

A

preuves

104
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to inform/to warn

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prévenir

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to foresee

A

prévoir

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to pray

A

prier

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to protect

A

protéger

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reward

A

récompense

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rule

A

règlement

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queen

A

la reine

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to hand in (e.g. an essay)

A

remettre

112
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to give up

A

renoncer

113
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to run over

A

renverser

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to sack

A

renvoyer

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king

A

le roi

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AIDS

A

sida

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to suspect

A

soupçonner

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deaf

A

sourd

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to support

A

soutenir

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support

A

le soutien

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to bear/to put up with

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supporter

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a trade union

A

un syndicat

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witness

A

témoin

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to shoot

A

tirer

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drug addict

A

toxicomane

126
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to cheat

A

tricher

127
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yob

A

voyou

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Humphrey is a yob

A

Humphrey est un voyou