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désamour

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disenchantment

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la hauteur

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height

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le gratin

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crème de la crème

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le gratte-ciel

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skyscraper

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inaugurer

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to open, unveil, launch

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la refonte

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recasting, reworking, redesign

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réaménagement

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rearrangement

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insalubre

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unsanitary

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foncier

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property, real estate

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accaparer

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to monopolise

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au sein de

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in, within

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déféndre bec et ongles

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to fight tooth and nail for (sth.)

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croquis

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sketch, summary

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les batailles

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battles

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détracteur

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detractor, critic

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baratineur

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smooth-talker

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le chantier

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construction site

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acquéreur

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to buy, acquire

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le malaimée

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out of favour, unpopular

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péripétie

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incident, event

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l’ordonnancement

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scheduling

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vénérable

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venerable (deserving respect)

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l’irréparable

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beyond repair

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haut

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high, tall

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au-dessus

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above, over

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pour beaucoup

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for a lot (of people)

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grumeaux

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lump

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bouquet

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bunch, cluster

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atteindre

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to reach, get to

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copropriétaires

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co-owners

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désaimanter

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to demagnetise

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la nuit tombée

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nightfall, sunset

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grimper

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to climb

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ironiser

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to be ironic

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le chateu fort

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fortified castle

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en vue de

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in preparation for

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le quartier bien desservi

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accessible neighbourhood

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les embouteillages

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traffic jams

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la délinquance

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delinquency (misconduct)

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la zone piétonne

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pedestrian zone

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l’immeuble

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block of flats

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la foule

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crowd, mob

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la bouche de métro

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underground station entrance

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l’arrêt de bus

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bus stop

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le commissariat de police

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police station

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le carrefour

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intersection, crossroads

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l’équateur / l’Equateur

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equator / Ecuador

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méridional(e) / Méridional(e)

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southern / Southerner

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occidental(e) / Occidental(e)

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western / Westerner

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septentrional(e) / Septentrional(e)

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northern / Northerner

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le bourg

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village centre

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la bourgade

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small town, village

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la combrausse (fam.)

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(slang.) middle of nowhere

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le champ

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field, domain

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le chemin

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path, lane, track

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la colline

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hill

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forestier(-ère)

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forester

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le patelin (fam.)

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(slang.) dump, godforsaken place

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le sentier

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trail

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le vallon

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small valley

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le mont

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mountain, mount

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le rocher

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rock, boulder

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le versant

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slope

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en amont

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upstream

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en aval

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downstream

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la cascade

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waterfall, cascade

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la chute d’eau

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waterfall

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l’embrouchure

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opening, mouth

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l’étang

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pond

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fluvial(e)

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river

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le marécage

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swamp

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le ruisseau

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stream

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le torrent

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mountain stream, torrent

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l’archipel

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archipelago (group of islands)

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la falaise

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cliff

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insulaire

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island

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le littoral

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coastline

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la marée

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tide, flood

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le phare

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lighthouse, beacon

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la presqu’île

A

peninsula

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