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Geindre

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To moan

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Mauvais, anormal

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Dysfunctionnal

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People from dysfunctional families often form relationships with each other.

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Déplorer

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To demoan

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Expert médiatique

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A pundit

” An industry pundit says our new product is bound to succeed.”

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Provenir de, découler de

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To stem from

“ These problems stem from the terrorist attack a few years ago.”

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Mélange parfait

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“Perfect Storm”

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Clairement

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Patently

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Un retour

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A feedback

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Un ensemble

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A set

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Prétendre

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To claim

“ Roger claims that he has seen aliens.”

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Une question, un problème

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An issue

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Octroi de licence

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Licensing

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Ciblé

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Targeted

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Un fournisseur

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A provider

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Ajuster

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To tailor

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Étroitement, de justesse, de peu

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Narrowly

“how I escaped narrowly from the crisis”

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Conscription

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A draft

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Diplômé

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Graduate

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18
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Ainsi, de cette…

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Thereby

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19
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Supporter

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To bear

The bridge must bear the weight of the cars and trucks.

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Mise en garde

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Warning

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Ruisseau, courant,flot

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A stream

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Solide, sain

Céder à la panique ne constitue en rien une base solide en matière de politique gouvernementale.

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Sound

Panic is not a sound basis for government policy.

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Un colon

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A settler

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Une vague

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A wave

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25
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Une répression

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A crackdown

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Un pensionnat

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Boarding schools

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27
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Oublieux,inconscient

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Innocuous

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28
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Se vanter

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Brag

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29
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Honteux

Le fait d’accepter des pots de vin et d’autres actes honteux ont fait tomber le gouverneur.

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Shameful

Accepting bribes and other shameful acts brought down the governor.

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30
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Augmenter fortement

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To shoot upward

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31
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Un expert

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A wonk

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32
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Un changement

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A shift

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Quelque soit, sans se soucier

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Regardless of

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34
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Une enquête,un sondage

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A survey

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35
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Une caractéristique

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A feature

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36
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Le devoir

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Duty

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37
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Prédominant, supérieur
Les pensées relatives à son foyer et sa famille éloignés sont devenues la préoccupation majeure (or: la préoccupation absolue) de son esprit.

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Uppermost

Thoughts of his distant home and family came uppermost to his mind.

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38
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Prendre comme allant de soi

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To take for granted

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39
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Méfiant

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To worry

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40
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Se superposer

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To overlap

41
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Causer, amener

Il a promis d’amener du changement

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To bring about

He promised that he would bring about change.

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Graphique

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Chart

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Étrange

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Odd

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Supposer

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To reckon

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Tourner autour de

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To revolve around

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Un revenu

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Income

47
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Cellule souche

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Stem-cell

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S’élargir

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To widen

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Un pas

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A stride

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Soutenir

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Underpin

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Dominant

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Prevailling

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Souci, affaire, entreprise

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Concern

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Surmonter

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To cop with

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Maladroit

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Awkward

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Refouler, réprimer

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To suppress

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Tranchant, net, vif

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Sharp

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Une époque

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An era

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Une réduction

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A cutback

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Guérir

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To cure

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Subvention

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Subsidy

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Empirer

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To worsen

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Frappant

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Striking

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Sans pitié

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Ruthlessly

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Inonder

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To flood

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A l’étranger

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Overseas

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Éperonner, provoquer

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To spur

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Se retirer

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To pull back

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S’envoler

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To soar

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Alimenter

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To fuel

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Further

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Supplémentaire

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Versement,règlement

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Remittance

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pilier

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mainstay

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rétrécir

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to shrink

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gaspillage

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waste

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balancer,basculer

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to swing

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renflouement,plan de sauvetage

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bailout

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Ponction,perte

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to drain

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Preceder

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To predate

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Recommander, prôner

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To advocate

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Déclencher

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To trigger

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Le sommet

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Peak

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Rendre compte de

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To account for

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Dévier, Détourner

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To Divert

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Faire monter les enchères

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To bid up

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Sous-jacent

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Underlying

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Promettre, mettre en gage

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To pledge

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Une greve

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A strike

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Une saisie ( hypothèque )

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Foreclosure

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Délocaliser

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Outsource

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Faire des licenciements, dégraisser

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To downsize

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Sans relâche

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Unabated

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Effacer Complètement

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To wipe out

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Distancer

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To outpace

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Une tentative

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An attempt

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Surement, Rien que

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Merely

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Autrement, sinon

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Otherwise

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Abîmé, détérioré

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Impaired

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Charger

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To load

99
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Contrecarrer, contrarie

M. Richards a contrarié les plans de M. Johnson en révélant de nouvelles informations sur le projet

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To thwart
Mr. Richards thwarted Mr. Johnson’s plans when he revealed new information on the project.
M. Richards a contrarié les plans de M. Johnson en révélant de nouvelles informations sur le projet.

English Test - Econnomics (5 decks)

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