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dissuader

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to deter from

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un moyen de dissuasion

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a deterrent

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décevoir

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to disappoint (be disappointed at + v-ing, by + noun, in someone)

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décevant

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disapointing

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de manière décevante

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disappointingly

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déception

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disappointment

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licencier, renvoyer

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to dismiss

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se délocaliser

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to relocate

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rejeter une idée

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to dismiss an idea

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un licenciement

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a dismissal

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déranger

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to disturb

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des troubles, des incidents, des émeutes

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disturbance

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troublant, inquiétant

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disturbing

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miniminer

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to downplay (to play down)

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laisser tomber

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to drop

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quitter l’école, laisser tomber ses études

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to drop out of school

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un jeune qui abandonne ses études

un marginal, un laissé-pour-compte

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a drop-out

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augmenter progressivement

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to edge up

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diminuer progressivement

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to edge down

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20
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faire de légers progès

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to edge forward

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21
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an edge

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un bord

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avoir une légère supériorité sur

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to have an edge on

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crispé, stressé, énervé

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edgy

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apparaître, émerger, surgir

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to emerge… from

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il en résulte que…

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it emerges from this that

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la naissance, l’émergence

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the emergences of

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émergent

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émergent

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28
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l’urgence

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the emergency

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29
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en cas de nécessité

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in case of emergency

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un état d’urgence

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a state of emergency

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une sortie de secours

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an emergency exit

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32
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un atterrissage forcé

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an emergency landing

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le service des urgences (hôpital)

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the emergency service/ward

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34
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englober

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to encompass

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35
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blessé

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injured, wounded

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36
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s’efforcer

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endeavour

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37
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faire appliquer la loi

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to enforce the law

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imposer

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to enforce on/upon

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39
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l’application

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the enforcement

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40
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entraîner, provoquer

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to entail

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minimiser

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to downplay

42
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projet

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scheme

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supplier

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to beg

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apparemment

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apparently, seemingly

45
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être blessé

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to be wounded

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couvre-feu

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curfew

47
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banqueroute

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bankruptcy

48
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licenciements

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lay-offs

49
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éradiquer, supprimer

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to eradicate

50
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l’éradication

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the eradication

51
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un événement

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an event

52
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l’actualité

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current events, current affairs

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au cas où

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in the event of

54
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dans tous les cas, quoi qu’il arrive

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in any event

55
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mouvementé

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eventful

56
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expulser

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to evict

57
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dépasser

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to exceed

58
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extrêmement

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exceedingly

59
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un excès

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excess

60
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pousser à l’excès

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to carry to excess

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attendre, s’attendre à

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to expect

62
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une attente, une espérance

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an expectation

63
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dans l’attente de, en prévision de

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in expectation of

64
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vivre dans l’expectative

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to live in expectation

65
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contrairement à toutes les attentes

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contrary to all expectations

66
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au-delà de toute attente

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beyond expectations

67
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répondre à l’attente de quelqu’un

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to come up to somebody’s expectations

68
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une future mère

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an expectant mother

69
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l’espérance de vie

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life expectancy

70
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agrandir, prolonger (lancer, offrir), s’étendre

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to extend

71
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le degré, la mesure, l’ampleur, l’étendue

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the extent

72
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la disparition

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the extinction

73
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espèce disparu

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extinct species

74
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estimer, penser, croire

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to reckon, to deem, to consider, to suppose, to believe

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supposer

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to surmise, to assume

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critiquer (fustiger)

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to criticize (to castigate, to chastise)

77
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prétendre que

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to contend that

78
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adhérer à une opinion générale

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to endorse a common opinion

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souligner

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to emphasize, to lay emphasis on

80
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ne pas tenir compte

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to ignore, to disregard

81
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rester sur le terrain des faits

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to stick to the facts

82
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prendre au pied de la lettre

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to take something at face value

83
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prendre le parti de

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to speak for
to defend
to take a stand on behalf of
to be committed to

84
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plaider en faveur de, contre

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to make a plea for, to plead for, against

85
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avancer des arguments irréfutables en faveur/contre

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to make a compelling case for/against

86
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défendre une cause perdue, une opinion

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to support a lost cause, an opinion

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porter une accusation contre

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to level an accusation against

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être à côté de la question

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to be beside the point

89
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être pertinent

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to be to the point

90
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être considéré comme acquis, comme allant de soi

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to be taken for granted

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être en contrast avec

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to be sharp in contrast with

92
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établir un lien entre

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to set up a connection between

93
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citer un exemple

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to cite, to quote (a case of, an example of)

94
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mettre en évidence

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to bring to the fore

95
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se résumer à, se réduire à

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to boil down to

96
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une vie active

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a working life

97
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souffrir d’une crise

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to undergo a crisis

98
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exposition

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exhibition

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niveau de vie

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a standard of living, living standards

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sensibiliser

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to make aware

101
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marcher dans les rues

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to take to the streets

102
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nocif

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noxious, harmful

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