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La chair / en chair, charnu / voir quelqu’un en chair et en os

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Flesh / fleshy / to see say in THE flesh

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Le torse // un coffre

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The chest

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la poitrine (+ mot littéraire)

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Breasts / Bosom

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le front

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Forehead, brow

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une ride

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A crease, a wrinkle

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Froncer

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to crease

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Un bossu // la bosse

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A huch

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Etre recroquevillé sur

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To be hunched over

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Hausser les épaules

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To struggled (say shoulders)

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Un menton

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A chin

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Une paume de main

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A palm of sby hand

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le pouce

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the thumb

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l’index

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the forefinger

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l’annulaire

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the ring finger

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le petit doigt

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the little finger

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un poignet

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a wrist

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une articulation

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a knuckle

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délicat

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elfin

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imposant // dépensier

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extravagant

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douceur

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gentleness

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idiot

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foolish

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être ému

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to be moved

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pleurer, déplorer

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to mourn

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être en deuil

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to be IN mournING

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maussade

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sullen

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tremblant

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quavered

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impartial

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disinterest

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être précis / précision

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to be accurate / accuracy

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soigneux

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painstaking

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un large sourire

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a wide smile, a grin

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elle est redevenue elle-même

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she is (back to) old self

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être sensible à

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to be impervious

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33
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être généreux

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to be lavish

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avare

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stingy, mean, close-fisted

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avec nostalgie

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wistfully, melancholy

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36
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avec suffisante

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smugly

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37
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parle d’une voix…

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to speak in … voice

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demander

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to enquire

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affirmer

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to claim, to assert, to contend

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frapper

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to strike

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soupire

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to sigh, to heave a sigh

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répondre, réagir

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to respond

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43
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éclater de rire

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burst out laughing

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44
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lourd

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heavy

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épais

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thick

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large

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wide, bride

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brut

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gross

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miteux

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dingy

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il se trouve que

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to happen to be

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tordre, essorer

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to twist

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impénétrable

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inscrutable

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devoir

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to be due to, to be supposed to

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milieu

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mist, middle

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l’ennui

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boredom

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une volonté

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a will

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languir, désirer hardiment

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to pine for, to yearn for, to long for

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se venter

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to broast

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les maux / toutes sortes de douleurs

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anches / anches and pains

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se confier à

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to confide IN

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mépriser, dédaigner

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to despide

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contenir ses émotions

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to bottle one’s feeling

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tendre qq

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to hand sth to

to hold sth out to

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saisir

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to seize

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saisir fortement

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to grab

to grasp

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Ne pas s’empêcher de

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Cannot help doing sth

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découvrir

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to find out

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porter (chapeau, vêtements…)

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to sport

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un bout

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a tip

= bout, pourboire, tuyau (information)

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un coup d’oeil / jeter un coup d’oeil

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a glance / to glance AT

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regarder fixement

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to stare AT

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contempler

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to glaze AT

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scruter

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to peer AT

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observer

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to watch

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un porte monnaie

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a wallet

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un porte feuille

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a purse

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un marié

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a (bride)groom

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se pomponner

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to groom oneself

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former qq

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to groom sby

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qui a de la valeur

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(in)valuable, priceless

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sans valeur

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worthless, valueless

81
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Un rein

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A kidney

82
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Une gorge

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A throat

83
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Cupide

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Greedy

84
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Bienviellant

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Benevolente

85
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A la suite de

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In the aftermath of

86
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Fondu

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Melting

87
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Un groupe / une grappe

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A cluster

88
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Verser

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To pour (out)

89
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Tendre qqch a qq

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To hand sth to sby

To hold sth out to sby

90
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Verser qq dans une tasse

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To fill up a cup

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Servez vous de qq

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Help yourself to sth

92
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Curieux, indiscret

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Prying
Intrusive
Inquisitive
Nos(e)y *

93
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Gagner sa vie

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To make/earn a living

94
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Apprendre de

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Learn FROM sby

95
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Un roman policier

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A detective novel

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Un roman

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A novel

97
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Une critique littéraire

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A voir review

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Un virage

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A bend

99
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Un sac

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A purse

100
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Un porte monnaie

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A purse (UK)
a wallet
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Se lever (du lit)

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To get up

102
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Une aiguille

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A needle

103
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Faire une sieste

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To have a nap

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Hocher la tête

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To nod

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Grincer

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To squeak

106
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Faire un bruit de ferraille

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To rattle

107
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Renverser

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To spill

108
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Temper

Faire tremper

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To soak

109
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S’assoupir

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To doze off

110
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Se disputer

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To squabble

111
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Se fâcher avec

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To fall out with

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