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1
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landslide

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un glissement de terrain

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to prevail

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prévaloir, l’emporter

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breadth, scale, wingspan

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une envergure

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acts of violences

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les exactions (f.)

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to take refuge

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se réfugier

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to get over, to cross

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franchir

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livestock, cattle

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le bétail

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to borrow, to follow

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emprunter

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welcoming, hospitable

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accueillant

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clash, collision

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un heurt (h aspiré)

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a kidnapping, an abduction

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un rapt

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an exploit, a feat

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un exploit

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sardonic (humor)

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(un humour) grinçant

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targeted, a target

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ciblé, une cible

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to thumb one’s nose at somebody

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faire un pied-de-nez à quelqu’un

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to file, to march

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défiler

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a truck driver

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un routier

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truck

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un poids-lourd, un camion

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a series, a procession

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un cortège

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to finish, to come to an end

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achever, s’achever

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to cause, to provoke

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susciter

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bankruptcy, failure

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une faillite

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at a walking pace

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au pas

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a security gate

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une portique

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to damage; to deteriorate

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dégrader, se dégrader

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out of the question

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hors de question (h aspiré)

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to bark, a bark

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aboyer, un aboiement

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a padlock

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un cadenas

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a gate, a portal

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un portail

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a banner, a streamer

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une banderole, un calicot

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to unfold, to unroll, to display

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déployer

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a seat, headquarters

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un siège, le siège

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backseat, front seat

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le siège arrière, le siège avant

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34
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to bring closer

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rapprocher

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scapegoat

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un bouc émissaire

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to feed, to supply, to sustain

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alimenter

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a gathering, a rally

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un rassemblement

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to rush, to run

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accourir

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39
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a motto, a currency

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une devise

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40
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to molt, to slough, to change

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muer

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urban, city-dwelling

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citadin, citadine

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weird, strange, crazy

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farfelu, farfelue

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43
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unpublished

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inédit, inédite

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44
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to barbecue meat

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faire cuire de la viande au barbecue

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45
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a bar (counter)

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un comptoir

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46
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to wrap

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emballer

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47
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to handle, to operate

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manier

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to flow, to pour out, to pass [time]

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s’écouler

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49
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to expect

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s’attendre à

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to relieve, to soothe, to bring relief

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soulager

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51
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distress

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la détresse

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52
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infinitesimal, minute, tiny

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infime

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to pile up, to heap, to stack

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entasser

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54
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a refuge, a shelter

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un abri

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temporary, makeshift

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de fortune

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concrete (adj.), practical

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concret, concrète

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hardly, barely, scarcely

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ne … guère

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an overflow, a torrent

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un débordement

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59
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bottleneck, neck (of a bottle)

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un goulot

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60
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worrying

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préoccupant

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61
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strangulation, strangling

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un étranglement

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62
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to reach, to achieve

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parvenir à

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63
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an end, a term

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un terme

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64
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a warehouse

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un entrepôt

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65
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to surround

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cerner

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66
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a poll, a survey

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un sondage

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67
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for the same reasons (as)

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au même titre (que)

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68
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a demand

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une revendication

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69
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to shake, to shake up, to shake off

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secouer

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70
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to demand, to call for

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réclamer

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71
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an institution, a foundation

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une instauration

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72
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a shift, a relay

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un relais

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73
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acronym, initials

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un sigle

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74
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following the example of

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à l’instar de

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75
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to be an activist

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militer

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76
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an activist

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un militant, une militante

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to confide [trans.], to entrust; to confide [intrans.]

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confier; se confier

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a way, a route, a road

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une voie

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79
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authoritarian

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autoritaire

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80
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madly, wildly

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follement

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81
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provocation

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la provoc

82
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to mark off/out, to line

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jalonner

83
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upstairs, on the floor above

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à l’étage

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gloomy, dismal, lugubrious

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lugubre

85
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congested, cluttered

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encombrée

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to cheer up, to brighten up, to liven up

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égayer

87
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whirlwind, vortex

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un tourbillon

88
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set on, solved, settled

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réglé

89
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deafness

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une surdité

90
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according to, following

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au gré de

91
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like it or not

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bon gré mal gré

92
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to ring out, to resound

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retentir

93
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joyful, cheerful

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réjouissant

94
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concealed, deceitful

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dissimulé

95
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to reward, to award; to be awarded

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récompenser; être récompensé

96
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however, nevertheless

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toutefois

97
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award-winning, prizewinning

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primé

98
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a task, a mission

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une tâche

99
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to win, to take back

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remporter

100
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frankly

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franchement

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tedious

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lassant

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publication

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la parution

103
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obsessed

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obsédé

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supposed to

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être censé

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clever, crafty, cunning

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malin, maligne

106
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insolence, shamelessness

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une effronterie

107
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reluctantly, grudgingly

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à contrecœur

108
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lame, limping

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boiteux, éclopé

109
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to challenge someone (to do something)

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mettre quelqu’un au défi (de faire quelque chose)

110
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a plot, a scheme

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un complot

111
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a drop

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une goutte

112
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frost

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le givre

113
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waste

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les déchets (m.)

114
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to nestle, to bury

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se blottir, enfouir

115
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to put someone in their place (informal)

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rembarrer quelqu’un (familier)

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to advocate, to extol

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prôner

117
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to beg for, to angle for

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quémander

118
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to hold back

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refréner

119
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an attack, an assault

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une agression

120
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severely, seriously

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grièvement

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the description, the particulars

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le signalement

122
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high rainfall; containing alcohol/having too much to drink (familiar)

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arrosé

123
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to assume, to seize for oneself (lit.)

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s’arroger (litt.)

124
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(to get) plastered (very familiar)

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([se] prendre) la cuite

125
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adventurer

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un aventurier

126
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drunk (as/on)

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soûl (comme/de); saoul

127
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donkey

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une bourrique

128
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hail a taxi

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héler un taxi

129
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to opt for

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opter pour

130
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a hook, detour, sudden sharp turn

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un crochet

131
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in support of

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à l’appui de

132
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to delay

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tarder

133
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to give up, to abandon

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abandonner

134
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to be depressed;

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faire une déprime; être en pleine déprime

135
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deadly, lethal, murderous

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meurtrier (meurtrière)

136
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subcontractor

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un sous-traitant

137
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a pipe

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une conduite

138
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a valve

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une soupape

139
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surrounding area, neighborhood, vicinity

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les alentours (m.)

140
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random

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aléatoire, au hasard

141
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a small group

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un groupuscule

142
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a subsidiary

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une filiale

143
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a puddle

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une flaque

144
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charred, burned to a cinder

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calciné

145
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to fasten, to buckle, shut away

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boucler

146
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a first-aid worker

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un/une secouriste

147
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to swallow up, to engulf

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engloutir

148
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to skate, to slip

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patiner

149
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in police custody (not immediately charged with a crime)

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en garde à vue

150
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a shooting, gunfight

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une fusillade

151
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a criminal

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un malfaiteur

152
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swindle/fraud; it’s highway robbery

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une escroquerie; c’est l’escroquerie

153
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on equal terms

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d’égal à égal

154
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extra/additional work

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un surcroît de travail

155
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to glisten, to gleam

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miroiter

156
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to amount to, to be estimated at

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se chiffrer en

157
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to treat, to nurse

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soigner

158
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to contemplate, to consider

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envisager

159
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to slit the throat of

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égorger

160
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sheep; ewe

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un mouton, une brebis

161
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cinnamon

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la cannelle

162
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to go out, to burn out, to die out

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s’éteindre

163
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to extinguish, to blow out, to turn off

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éteindre

164
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(in this) respect

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(à cet) égard

165
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ages ago

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depuis des lustres

166
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the more the merrier

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plus on est de fous plus on rit

167
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sharp, clear

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net, nette

168
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strange, unusual

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insolite

169
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cumbersome

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encombrant

170
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(to get into) mischief

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(faire) les bêtises (f.)

171
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astonished

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ébahi

172
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you’ve got some nerve

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vous avez du culot

173
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exit

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une issue

174
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to groan, to mumble

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râler

175
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helmet

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un casque

176
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vest, undershirt

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un gilet

177
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a lap, bosom/fold

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un giron

178
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thorn, spine, (backbone)

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une épine (une épine dorsale)

179
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crossroads

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un carrefour

180
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to die, to pass away

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décéder

181
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account, story, narration

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un récit

182
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to covet

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convoiter

183
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rough, tough, severe

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rude

184
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to uncap, uncork

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déboucher

185
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greenhouse

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une serre

186
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negotiations, dealings

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les tractations (f.)

187
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to foresee

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augurer

188
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a collar, cervix

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un col

189
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to accuse, to incriminate

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incriminer

190
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starting point, a trigger

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un déclenchement

191
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to shore up, to support

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étayer

192
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journey, way, path

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un parcours

193
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to take shape, to become clearer

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se préciser

194
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to perform a search (i.e. police)

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perquisitionner

195
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to start, to launch, to initiate

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entamer

196
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a (hunger) strike

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une grève (de faim)

197
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a segment, a section

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un tronçon

198
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convoluted, tortuous

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alambiqué

199
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to push back, to postpone

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reculer

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stunned

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abasourdi

French Vocabulary - Encountered (22 decks)

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