Tatiana de Rosnay

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Set straight

Prove wrong

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Détromper

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falling down, collapsing, caving in n and fig

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effondrement nm

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Blue toned

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Bleuté

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A deposit

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Une avance

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make an advance payment, pay a deposit v

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arrhes nf

verser des arrhes make an advance payment, pay a deposit v

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Ill see what i can do

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Je vais voir çe que je peux faire

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Type sort kind

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Genre

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outspokenness, frankness, directness n

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franc-parler nm

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I find him intolerable

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Il m’insupporte

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A trendy place

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Un endroit branché

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cope, hold on, keep going, carry on v

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Tenir le coup

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tasteless, bland adj

insipid, devoid of taste adj

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Fade

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Submission obédience

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Soumission f

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Family name, surname

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Ptronyme m

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lead [sb] astray vtr + adv

be a bad influence on [sb] v expr

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Délurer

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Fatal, fateful

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Fatadique

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Con trick, fraud

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Supercherie f

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Deprive sb fr sth

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Priver qqn de qq

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Break through, pierce, penetrate

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Percer

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Bird of prey

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Rapace m

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Field mouse

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Mulot m

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Destroy, devastate, wipe out

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Anéantir

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Unpleasant nasty adj

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Déplaisant

Une remarque déplaisante

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In stock

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En stock

Also stash, reserve, ton, heaps

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Taunt mock scoff at, laugh at

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Narguer

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Vivid red (litt) adj
Gleaming sparkling n

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Rutilant adj

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Knock down mow down

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Faucher

Un camion a fauché un piéton.

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Difficult pain hellish adj

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Galère
C’est galère de traverser la France en train d’ouest en est.
Getting from the west to the east of France by train is hellish.

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luggage rock

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Porte-bagages m

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Scape goat

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Bouc émissaire mf

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Unbearble unsustainable

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Insoutenable

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Get soaked

Mop up

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Saucer

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Tiredness weariness n

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Lassitude f

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Out of breath breathlessness

Running out of steam

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Essoufflement m

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Floor tile

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Tomette f

Tommette

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Raid police roundup

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Rafle f

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Beehive

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Ruche f

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Dwarf midget

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Nain -e

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Easy as pie, breeze, a walk in the park

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Jeu d’enfant m

And a child’s play

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Nonsense sales pitch lies

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Salades fpl

Ne fais pas attention, elle raconte encore des salades.

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Lie v

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Giser

Down!

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Racist attack

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Ratonnade f

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Unbalance

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Désaxer

Les deuils successifs dans la famille l’ont désaxé.

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Beat up, rough up

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Passer qqn à tabac

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Thats the least of my worries

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C’est le cadet de mes soucis

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Lefthanded

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(Être) gaucher, gauchère

Droitier/ère

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Jeweller’s jewellery store

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Joaillerie f

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Balaclava, hood

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Cagoule f

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Foundation, base

Bedrock

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Assise f

L’assise de cet immeuble est mal assurée.

Question 50

Pool

Pond

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Mare (de sang)f

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Hairpiece, wig

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Moumoute f

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Self assured

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Sûre de soi

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Be on a diet

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Être à la diète

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Armed robber

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Braqueur m

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Stop suddenly, slam on the brakes

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Piler

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Clumsy

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Lourdaud adj

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compensation, compensation payment n
insurance payment n
insurance payout n

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dédommagement m

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Back, spine

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Échine f

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Set back, mishap, glitch

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Contretemps m

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Stroke ( medicine)

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Apoplexie f

attaque d’apoplexie nf (medical) stroke

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Resentful, embittered

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rancunier nm

qui garde rancune) resentful person, bitter person n
embittered person n

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Blush, turn pink

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Rosir

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Spiral, cycle, chain of events

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Engrenage m

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Persistance

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Obstination f

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Be on edge

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Avoir les nerfs en pelote

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Yield, productivity (bus)

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Rendement m
maigre rendement nm poor return n
prime de rendement nf productivity bonus n
rendement énergétique nm

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Collateral damage

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Les dommages collatéraux

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Nail polish

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Vernis (à ongle) m

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At the tip of the tongue

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Sur le bout de la langue

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Throw away get rid of

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Balancer

And swing, rock

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Undermining n

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Travail de sape m

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commotion, agitation, fuss, bother n
pandemonium, upheaval n
(informal) hullaballoo n

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Remue-ménage nm inv

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Nearly almost practically

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Quasiment

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(town) outskirts, periphery n

(abstract) brink, cusp, threshold, verge n

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Orée f

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(formal) in this way adv
like this, like that adv
like so adv
(formal, literary) thus adv

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Ainsi

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Back ( ofchair)

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Dossier m

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Clear lucide

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Limpide adj

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Laundry room

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Bouderie f

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Star (Sky)

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Astre m

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Casually, in an offhand way

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Avec désinvolture

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Young madam, little madam

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Donzelle f

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Visiting room

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Parloir m

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Be slightly overweight, be carrying an extra few pounds

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Avoir de l’embonpoint

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Recently, in former times once, formerly

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Naguère

As before, previously comme naguère

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Shifty, sneaky, sly

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Sournois adj

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Hate v

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Haïr

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Resentment, bitterness, dislike

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Ressentiment

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Remarkably

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Remarquablement

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Have the guts

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Avoir du cran

Cran guts, notch, hole

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Become besotted, infatuated

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S’enticher

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Remain impassive

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Rester de marbre

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Overwhelm
Overwork, overburden
Oppress

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Accabler

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Partnership, team, twosome

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Binôme m
And partner
Nous sommes dans la même chambre, c’est mon binôme.
J et P forment un exc binome de travail.

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Sketch, summary

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Croquis m

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Confuse the issue

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Noyer le poisson

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Eat up, consume

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Dévorer

And devour

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Give sth to sb, give sb sth

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Consacrer qqc à qqn
Je n’ai pas bc de temps à te consacrer aujourd’hui.
And sanction, give yr blessing to

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Mixed race, half caste

Cross bred, mongrel

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Métis m

Blended, mixed blood, cotton linen mix

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Kennel

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Chenil m

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Idleness, leisure, lazing about, vegging out n

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Farniente m

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Take apart take into pieces

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Désosser

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Scar

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Balafre f

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Show present display

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Exhiber

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Take off (inf)

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Prendre la tangente

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irrefutable, indisputable, irrebuttable adj

conclusive adj

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irréfragable

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swollen, puffed up adj

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boursouflé

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Forensic

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Lègiste

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Detect discover

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Déceler

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Flaw loophole

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Faille f

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Relentlessly

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D’arrache pied