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1
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Un extrémiste pur et dur

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A hardliner

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Un port, un refuge, un havre

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A harbour

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Héberger, garder

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To harbour

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Entretenir, nourrir

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To harbour fear hopes suspicions

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Souffrances épreuves

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Hardship (often uncountable)

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Des privations

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Hardships

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Quincaillerie, matériel informatique, matériel militaire

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Hardware

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Une moisson, une récolte (propre et figuré)

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A harvest

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Un refuge, un havre

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A haven

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10
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Un paradis fiscal

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A tax haven

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11
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La tête

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The head

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De la tête aux pieds (2)

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From head to toe

From head to foot

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13
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Éperdument amoureux

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Head over heels in love

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14
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Aller vers (2)

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To be heading for

To move towards

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15
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La santé

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Health

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16
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Boire à la santé de qqun

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To drink to someone’s health

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Être en bonne santé

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To be in good /poor health

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18
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Sain

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Healthy

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19
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Un esprit sain dans un corps sain

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An healthy mind in a healthy body

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20
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La chaleur

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Heat

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21
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Dans le feu de la discussion

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In the heat of the argument

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22
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Le ciel, le paradis

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Heaven

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23
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L’âge d’or (2)

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The Golden age

The heyday

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24
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Faire de randonnées

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To hike

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25
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Faire de l’auto-stop

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To Hitch-hike

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Une augmentation

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A hike

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27
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Augmentations d’impôts

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Tax-hikes

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28
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Une allusion

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A hint

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29
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Faire allusion à

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To hint at

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30
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Emprunter, louer

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To hire

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31
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Embaucher

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To hire

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32
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Système qui consiste à embaucher puis licencier

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To hire and fire

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33
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Frapper

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To hit

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34
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Être durement touché

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To be hard-hit

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35
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Une liste noire

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A hit-list

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36
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Séropositif

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HIV-positive

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37
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Un foyer

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A Home

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38
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Un foyer pour senior (2)

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A home for the elderly

An old people’s home

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Le ministère de l’intérieur

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The home office

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40
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Le ministre de l’intérieur britanique

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The home secretary

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41
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Le ministre de l’intérieur US

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The secretary of the interior

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42
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Les sans-abri

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The homeless

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43
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Un creux

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A hollow

44
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Mener par le bout du nez

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To hold someone in the hollow of her hand

45
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Vide creux

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Hollow

46
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Fausses promesses

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Hollow promises

47
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Un rire jaune

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À hollow laugh

48
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Battre à plates coutures

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To beat hollow

49
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Un otage

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A hostage

50
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Avoir un otage

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To take/hold/ someone hostage

51
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Chaud

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Hot

52
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Épineux

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Too hot to handle

53
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Être dans le pétrin

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To be in hot water

54
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Un tuyau sûr

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A hot tip

55
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Du blabla

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Hot air

56
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Un sujet trop délicat à traiter (familier)

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A hot potato

57
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Un numéro vert

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A hotline

58
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Un foyer d’agitation sociale

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A hotbed of social unrest

59
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Planer au dessus de

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To hover

60
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Être entre le vie et la mort

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To be hovering between life and death

61
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Hésiter

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To hover

62
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Un chasseur

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A hunter

63
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Un chasseur de tête

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A head hunter

64
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Une chasse à l’homme

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A man hunt

65
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Faire taire

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To hush

66
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Un silence de mort (3)

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A hush
A silence
A deadly hush

67
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Le pot-de-vin que l’on donne pour acheter le silence de quelqu’un

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Hush-money

68
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Gonfler artificiellement, faire mousser

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To hype up

69
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Ne pas tenir compte de

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To ignore

70
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Ne pas tenir compte de

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To ignore

71
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Un déséquilibre

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An imbalance

72
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Un déséquilibre commercial

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A trade imbalance

73
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Détériorer

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To impair

74
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Une santé détériorée, une vue abîmée

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Impaired health/eyesight

75
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Imminent

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Impending

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Impliquer

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To imply

77
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Une insinuation, une implication

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An implication

78
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Appauvrir

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To impoverish

79
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Appauvrissement

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Impoverishment

80
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Un encouragement

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An incentive

81
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Des revenus

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Income

82
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Impôt sur le revenu

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Income tax

83
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Les familles à revenu modeste

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Low income families

84
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Incohérent

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Inconsistent

85
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L’incohérence

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Inconsistency

86
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Un mouvement revendicatif

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Industrial action

87
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Un industriel

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An industrialist

88
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Jeter un défi

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To throw down a challenge

89
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Se libérer de, enlever

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To throw off

90
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Jeter, mettre au début, expulser

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To throw out

91
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Lancer en l’air/vomir

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To throw up

92
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Décliner une offre/refuser un candidat

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To turn down

93
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Convertir, transformer, se transformer en..

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To turn into

94
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Allumer, éteindre une lumière

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To turn on/off

95
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Augmenter, baiSer le volume

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To turn up/down

96
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Arriver à l’improviste

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To turn up

97
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Vider, évincer

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To turn out

98
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Tourner, prendre tournure

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To turn out

99
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S’avérer

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To turn out

100
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Attendre

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To wait for somebody/something

101
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Servir quelqu’un

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To wait on somebody

102
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Faire la vaisselle

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To wash up

103
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Disparaître graduellement

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To wear away

104
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User,s’user

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To wear out

105
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Résoudre un problème

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To work out a problem

106
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Être épuisé

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To be worn out

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