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1
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les effleunts

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discharge

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la gaz d’echappement

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exhaust gases

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3
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le plomb

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lead

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L’azote

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nitrogen

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la bombe aérosol

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spray can

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pétrolier

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oil tanker

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un naufrage

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shipwreck

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s’echouer

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to run around

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le mazout

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oil

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le prélévement

A

sample

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le déversement

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spillage

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dégager

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to give off

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souiller

A

to soil/contaminate

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se diffuser

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to spread

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putrescible

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biodegradable

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les ordures ménagères

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household waste

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un égout

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sewer

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le navire

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ship

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rompre

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to break/upset

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la fonte des calotte glacieres

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melting of ice caps

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21
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la balade

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walk

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un adhérent

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member

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ferroviaire

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to use rail

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puissant

A

powerful

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avoir la cote

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to be popular

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huiles de schiste

A

fracking

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un titre de séjour

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resident permit

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foulard

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headscarf

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paumé

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lost

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30
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franaçais de souche

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native french

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surgissent

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arise

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32
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les plaisanteries

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jokes

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33
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le licenciement

A

dismissal

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mendier

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to beg

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Un HLM

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social housing

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le seuil

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threshold

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impuissant

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helpless

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le racket

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extortion

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biens

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goods/property

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les braquags

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robberies

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échouer

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to fail

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polémique

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controversy

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numérique

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digital

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la sûreté

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safety

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l’usuraption d’identité

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identity theft

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volage

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unfaithful

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malin

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smart

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le fac

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uni

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une stagiaire

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trainee

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engager

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to employ

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syndicate

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trade union

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abaisser

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to humiliate

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soupirer

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to sigh

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contrarier

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to annoy

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enlévement

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kidnapping

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pérenniser

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to make durable/continue with

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ancré

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rooted

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défilé

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march

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offusquer

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to offend

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enraciné

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rooted

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affluer

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to flock

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aubaine

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good opportunity

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rapatrier

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to send back

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un fardeau

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burden

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partisan

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supporter

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scrutin

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ballot

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canton

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subdivision within a country

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frange

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minority/fringe

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banaliser

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to trivialise (less important)

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oser

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to dare

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entasser

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to pile up

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distraire

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to entertain

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une fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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le moulage

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models/mould

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vénéré

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revered/admired

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un fuseau horaire

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timezone

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épuration

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purge

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livrer à

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to indulge in

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alité

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bedridden

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œuvre caritative

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charity

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un cursus

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study path