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1
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Grattoir à chaussure

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Boot scraper

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Avoir un examen de justesse

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To scrape through an exam

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Se débrouiller avec 30 £ par semaine

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To scrape by on £30 A week

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Tache

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Spot

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Repérer

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To spot

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Impeccable

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Spotless

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Chaussures à talons

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High-heeled shoes

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Prendre ses jambes à son cou

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To take to one’s heals

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Rangé

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Tidy

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Éteindre un feu, une bougie, une cigarette

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To put out a fire

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Un cendrier

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An ash tray

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Briller

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To glow

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Un ver luisant

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A glow worm

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Rayonner de fierté

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To glow with pride

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La baguette

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A french stick

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Vivre dans la cambrousse

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To live in the sticks

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Charbon

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Charcoal

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Ouvre boîte

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Tin opener

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Boîte de conserve

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Tin, can

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Étagère

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Shelf (shelves)

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Assoiffée

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Thirsty

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Faire à manger

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To fix dinner, to get dinner

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Clos, muré

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Walled

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Chambre d’ami

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Spare room

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Chauffage

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Heater

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Chauffe-eau

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Immersion heater

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Se pencher

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To lean

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Une tendance

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A leaning

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Ruisseau

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Stream

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Courant d’air

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Draught

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Bière à la pression

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Beer on Draught

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Jouer aux dames

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To play draughts

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Aller à contre courant

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To go against the tied/stream

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Crise

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Slump

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Hêtre

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Beech

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Chêne

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Oak

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Saule

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Willow

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Tendu, pointe

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Strained

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Cuisinière

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Stove

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Menton

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Chin

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Bijoux

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Jewel

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Porte monnaie

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Wallet

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43
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La paume

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Palm

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44
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Lire les lignes de la main

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To read sbdys Palm

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45
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Avoir quelqu’un dans sa poche

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To have sbdy un the Palm of one’s Hand

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Avouer

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To confess, To admit

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Confier à

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To confide in

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48
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Pour moi

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To myself

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49
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Occasion

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Opportunity

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50
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Depuis si longtemps

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For so long, for such a long time

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51
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Sans qu’on m’ait donné

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Without being given

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52
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Prétendre

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To claim

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53
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Faire semblant

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To pretend

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54
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Un photographe

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A photographer

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55
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Délicatement

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Gently

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56
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Pouce

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Thumb

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Index

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Index, forefinger, firstfinger

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Être très maladroit

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To be all thumbs

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Le majeur

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Middle finger

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L’annulaire

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Ringfinger

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Auriculaire

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Little finger

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Attraper violemment

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To grabb

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Attraper

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To seize

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Un coup d’œil

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A glence

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Bureau

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Desk

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Le troisième à gauche

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The third from the left

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Le Marié, le palfrenier

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A groom

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La mariée

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The bride

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Se pomponner

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To groom one self

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Un groom

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Lobbboy, bedboy

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Un portier

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A doorman

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Ascenseur

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A lift

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Faire de la prison

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To serve a sentence in prison

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Être un ex prisonnier

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To be an ex-convict

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Le paillasson

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A doormat

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Pas le moins du monde

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In the slightest

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Bijou, des pièces

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Piece of jewelry

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Quelque chose qui n’a pas de prix

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Priceless

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Aucune valeur

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Valueless, worthless

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Une information très utile

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Valuable information, invaluable information

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Changer radicalement

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To turn upside down

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Office/poste de police

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Police station, police headquarters

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surnommer

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to dub, to nickname

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souligner, relever

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to point out

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les habitudes de travail

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working habits

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la conception, la vision du travail

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outlook on work, work ethic

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grandissant, florissant

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thriving

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une série de

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a string of

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un préjugé

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a preconception, a preconceived idea, misconceptions

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démystifier

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to debunk

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chasser, dissiper

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to dispel

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de la même façon, de même

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likewise

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branché

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plugged in

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insister sur

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to emphasis on

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un accent

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an emphasis

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calquer/copier qc sur qc

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to pattern sth after sth

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impressions, remarques, retour

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feedback

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enrôler, embrigader (mais aussi embaucher familier)

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to rope

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avaler, déglutir

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to swallow

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sage

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wise

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gratifiant

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rewarding

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fournir

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to provide

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étant donné que, à condition que

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providing that

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chemin

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path

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le sentier battu

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beaten path

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soi-disant, prétendument

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supposedly

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submerger

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to swamp, to overwhelm

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à peu près

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roughly

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contrairement à la croyance populaire

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contrary to popular myth/belief

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un mythe tenace

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an enduring myth

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néfaste

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pernicious

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on dit qu’ils sont à tort

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they are wrongly believed/said/thought to be

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soi-disant, pseudo

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so-called

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extraverti, ouvert, sociable

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extroverted, outgoing

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avoir carte blanche

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to have leeway

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profiter de

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to make the most out of sth

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carpe diem

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seize the day

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épanouissant

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fulfiling

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production

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output

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contribution

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input

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conscient

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aware

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un parc (bébé)

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a pen

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nerveux

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strung, nervous, fidgety

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apprendre les ficelles du métier

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learn the ropes, learn the tricks of the trade

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ne jurer que par

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swear by

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être ambitieux

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to be driven

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être accommodant, souple

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to be biddable

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dont la plupart (objet)

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most of which

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dont la plupart (personne)

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most of whom

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l’idée selon laquelle

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the idea according to which

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des différences existent

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differences do exist

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compétition acharnée

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the retrace

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être enclin à

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to be prone to

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l’épanouissement personnel

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self fulfillment

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l’emporter sur

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to prevale over, to outweigh

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le moteur

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the driver

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inversement

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conversely

138
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faire des études

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to study, to pursue studies

139
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rester entre nous

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to keep oneself to oneself

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avoir un travail bien rémunéré

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to be in gainful employment