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1
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Adage, Adagio

A

at ease

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Allegro

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brisk, lively

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Allongé

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extended, outstretched

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Assemblé

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assembled

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Assemblé en tournant

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turning assemble

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A terre

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on the floor

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7
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Balancé

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rocking step

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8
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Balençoire

A

like a

seesaw, swing

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Ballonné

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ball-like, bouncing step

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Ballotté

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tossed

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Battement

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beating

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Battu

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beaten

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Brisé

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broken

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Cambré

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arched

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15
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Changement

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change

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16
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Chainés

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chain of turns, links

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17
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Chassé

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chased

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18
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Contretemps

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beating against time

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19
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Cou-de-pied

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neck of the foot

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20
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Coupé

A

cut, cutting

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21
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Croisé

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crossed

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22
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Dégagé

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disengaged

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23
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Demi-plié

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half bending

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24
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Détourné

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turned aside

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25
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Devant

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in front

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Développé

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developed, unfold

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27
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Dessous

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under

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28
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Dessus

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over

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29
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Ecarté

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separated, thrown wide apart

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30
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Echappé

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escaping

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31
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Effacé

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shaded

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32
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Emboité

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fitted together, boxed

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33
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En l’air

A

in the air

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34
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En arrière

A

backward

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35
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En avant

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forward

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36
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En croix

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in shape of a cross

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37
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En-dedans

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inward

38
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En-dehors

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outward

39
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En tournant

A

turning

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Entrechat

A

interweaving

41
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Epaulement

A

shouldering

42
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Failli

A

giving away

43
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Fermé

A

closed

44
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Fondu

A

melted

45
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Fouetté

A

whipped

46
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Frappé

A

struck, to strike

47
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Glissade

A

to glide

48
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Grand

A

large

49
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Grand battement

A

large beating

50
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Grand jeté

A

large jete

51
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Grand plié

A

deep bending

52
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Jeté

A

thrown

53
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Ouvert

A

open

54
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Pas

A

step

55
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Pas de basque

A

basque step (en avant or en arrière)

56
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Pas de bourrée

A

bourree step

57
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Pas de chat

A

step of the cat

58
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Pas de cheval

A

step of the horse

59
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Passé

A

passed

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Piqué

A

pricked

61
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Pirouette

A

spin, whirl

62
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Plié

A

bent, bending

63
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Port de bras

A

carriage of the arms

64
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Promenade

A

walk

65
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Relevé

A

raised

66
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Retiré

A

withdrawn

67
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Révérance

A

reverence, curtsey

68
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Rond de jambe

A

circle of the leg

69
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Royale

A

Royal

70
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Sauté

A

jumped

71
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Soubresaut

A

sudden spring

72
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Soutenu

A

sustained

73
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Temps de cuisse

A

thigh movement

74
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Temps levé

A

raised movements

75
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Temps lié

A

connected movements

76
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Tendu

A

stretched

77
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Tombé

A

falling

78
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Tours

A

turns

79
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Tour jeté

A

turning jete

80
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Tour piqué

A

pricked turn

81
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Tour attitude

A

attitude turn

82
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Tour arabesque

A

arabesque turn


83
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Brisé volé

A

flying brise

84
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Cabriole

A

caper

85
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Elancé

A

to dart

86
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Gargouillade

A

rumbling

87
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Quatriéme

A

fourth

88
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Renversé

A

reversed

89
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Temps de fléche

A

arrow movement

90
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Tour à la seconde

A

turn in 2nd

91
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Tour en l’air

A

turn in the air

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