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Charges à payer

Le montant n’a pas été comptabilisé en charge à payer

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Accruals

The amount is not accrued

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Produire des intérêts

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To bear interests

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Mettre au rebut

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To scrap (scrapped, scrapped)
To discard
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Payable à terme échu

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Payable in arrears

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Dilapider, gaspiller, laisser passer (une opportunité)

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To squander

You should not squander this opportunity

They squander natural resources

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The layout

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La disposition

La configuration

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To set-off

To be set-off against the sum due to the other.

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Compenser

Déduit des sommes dues à l’autre partie

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Thereto

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Qui lui est rattaché

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To cease to (apply)

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Cesser de (s’appliquer)

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10
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Throughout the period

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Tout au long de la période

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Football jersey

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Maillot de foot

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12
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Période d’essai

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Probationary/trial period

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Être un travailleur

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To be hard-working

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Could you fill me in/brief me on that?

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Pourriez-vous m’éclairer/me dire ce qu’il en est sur ça ?

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Tout en faisant

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Whilst doing

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Aller de pair avec

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Go hand in hand with

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Go along with

Agree with

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Accepter
Être d’accord avec
Convenir avec

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18
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Will of steel

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Strong determination

Volonté d’acier

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Momentum

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Dynamique

Positive momentum
Growth momentum

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groupthink

the type of bad decisions we make when we are in a group, which may be contrary to what we really think

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Social media encourages groupthink

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aches and pains

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general body pains that aren’t serious

Do you suffer from aches and pains?

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To be sick and tired

To be fed up and bored with

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En avoir marre

I’m sick and tired of commuting

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23
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To be black and blue

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Être meurtri

Bruised

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Avoir un bleu, une contusion

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To have a bruise

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Une erreur de débutant

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A rookie mistake

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26
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cheap and cheerful
simple, basic and often inexpensive

short and sweet
quick and simple

quick and dirty
short, simple and basic

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Quick and simple

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27
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Going forward

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‘Going forward’ is another way of saying ‘in the future’.

You’ll hear ‘going forward’ used at business meetings when a person wants someone to change the way they do something in the future.

Examples
A: Did you get the files I emailed over?
B: Yes I did, but going forward can you send hard copies in the post? We need them for our records.

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28
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A recipe for disaster

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Means a combination of things that will, at some point, go wrong and cause harm, damage or in this case, humiliation – in other words it will end in trouble

Example:

My doctor says drinking too much, not exercising enough, and having a stressful job are a recipe for disaster

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29
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Apprendre à connaître quelqu’un

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Get to know someone

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30
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Beef up

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Renforcer

Etoffer

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31
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Colis

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Package

Parcel

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32
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Jeter l’éponge

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Throw in the towel

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33
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Quelle belle vue

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What a beautiful sight

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34
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Shortage

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Pénurie

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35
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Outline

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Schéma, description, plan, présentation

Décrire, présenter

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36
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Set out
As set out
Something set out in…

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Concevoir

Tel qu’énoncé, prévu

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37
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Whereby

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Selon laquelle

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38
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Titled document

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Document intitulé

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39
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Findings

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Conclusions, constatations, observations

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40
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Subset

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Sous-ensemble

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41
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Somewhat

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Quelque peu, assez, plutôt

42
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Trigger

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Déclencher

43
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Fetch

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Aller chercher

44
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to put up with (something, someone) – supporter (quelqu’un, quelque chose)
to put – poser, mettre
to put away – ranger
to put down – poser, abaisser, dénigrer
to put out – sortir (quelque chose)
to put on – mettre (vêtements, etc.), taquiner (quelqu’un)
to put off – remettre à plus tard

A

Put

45
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Speak

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to speak – parler
to speak up – parler fort, se faire entendre
to speak down (to someone) – se montrer condescendant (envers quelqu’un)
to speak for (someone) – parler à la place de (quelqu’un), soutenir (quelqu’un)

46
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Turn

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to turn – tourner
to turn on – allumer
to turn off – éteindre
to turn around – se retourner
to turn up – mettre plus fort (son, lumière)
to turn down – baisser (son, lumière), refuser
to turn out – devenir, finir par être
to turn red, white, etc. – rougir, blanchir, etc.

47
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Sous-jacent

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Underlying

48
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End-to-end

End-to-end management

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De bout en bout

Gestion complète

49
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There is still plenty left to do

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Il reste encore beaucoup de chose à faire

50
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Représente 10% de…

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Account for 10% of

51
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Add up

A

Additionner

52
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Allow for + name

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Permettre de

53
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Répondre de ses actes

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Answer for one’s acts

54
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Assister à

S’occuper de

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Attend
Attend school (aller à l’école)
Must-attended event (événement incontournable)

Attend to

55
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Budget accordé

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Attributed budget

56
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S’élève en moyenne à

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Average out at

57
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Keep up with

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Garder le contact avec qqn

Faire aussi bien que qqn

58
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Se démarquer

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To stand out

59
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Sur le bout de la langue

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On the tip of the tongue

60
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Retrieve

We can easily retrieved the data stored in the system

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Extraire, récupérer

61
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On the outskirts of the city

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Aux abords de la ville

62
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De plus en plus

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Increasingly

63
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Overshadow

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Masquer, occulter, éclipser

64
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Être à l’apogée de

Le summum de

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To be in the pinnacle of

The pinnacle of

65
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Etre rempli de, regorge de

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To be replete of

66
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Au delà de la tristesse et du traumatisme

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Over and above sorrow and shock

67
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Nocif

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Noxious

68
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Etre bavard

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To be talkative, loquacious

69
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Vaincre

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Overcome, vanquish, beat, conquer

70
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Se disputer à propos de

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To wrangle about

71
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Convoquer une réunion

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To convene a meeting

72
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Une commande en masse, regroupée

A

A bulk order

73
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Marchandises en vrac

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Bulk material

74
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Rechigner à faire

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To balk at doing

75
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Exploit, prouesse, tour de force

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A feat (of strenght)

76
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C’est une vieille connaissance

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He’s a old acquaintance

77
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Poste de rassemblement

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Muster station

78
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Un plan ruse, astucieux, sournois

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A cunning plan

79
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Être imperturbable, stoïque

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To be unflappable

80
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Réfléchir au sens de la question

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To ponder the meaning of the question

81
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In point disputable

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A moot point

82
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I fully concur with all points

I concur with the view of

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Je suis totalement d’accord avec tous les points

Je partage/rejoins l’avis de

83
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Use up (to)

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Utilise/consomme (jusqu’à)

84
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Habile + métier

Habile + nom

A

Skilled + negotiator
Skillful + management

Deft hand (main de maître)

85
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Lien de parenté

A

Kinship

86
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Donner le feu vert

A

Give the go-ahead

87
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Empiéter sur qch

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Encroach on st

88
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Could you let me off the hook

A

Release from a difficult situation or obligation

89
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Une faille

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A flaw, fault, breach

Contrary: faultless

90
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Stillborn

A

Mort-né

91
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Oak tree

A

Un chêne

92
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Toux

Tousser

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Cough

93
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Un tas de décombres

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A rubble heap

Heap of rubble

94
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Resserrer les boulons

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Tighten the bolts

95
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Renforcer les contrôles

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To tighten up controls

96
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Grogner

A

To growl

97
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Gouttière, caniveau

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Gutter

98
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Intestin, boyau

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Gut

99
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Articulation

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Joint

100
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Lueur

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Glow

101
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Lancer une balle

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To toss a ball

102
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Être gourmand

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To be greedy

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