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1
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(friends) in high places

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(amis) haut placés

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elite

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le gotha

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au siège de

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at the headquarters of

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labelled

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étiqueté

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bullying

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les brimades (f)

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bad at (maths)

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nul en maths

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success/achievement

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la réussite

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to escape

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échapper

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to land

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décrocher

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the turn (can be political)

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le virage

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the stranglehold

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le carcan

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to break; to break up; to shatter; to break dozn

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briser

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to seize

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saisir

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during

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lors de

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bien que

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although + subjonctif

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puncture-proof

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increvable

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chase after the money

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courir auprès le fric

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disoriented

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déboussolé

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to worry oneself

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se soucier

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investors

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les investisseurs

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to cause

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entraîner

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to deny

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démentir

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knowledgeable

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renseigné

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d’ailleurs

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moreover; same idea

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par ailleurs

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introducing another idea

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inescaple; vital

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incontournable

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ainsi

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thus: in this way

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junk food

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la malbouffe

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mortal

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mortelle

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a fatal disease

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une maladie mortelle

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an interview

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un entretien

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hold liable or question

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mettre en cause

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to take shape (idea); to become clear (danger; intention)

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se préciser

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alors que

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while

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to carry out; to make

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effectuer

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to fly over; (question) to skim over; (livre) to skim through

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survoler

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support; reinforcement; assistance; endorsement

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un appui

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down; despondent; depressed

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abbatu(e)

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to prepare

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apprêter

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to get ready for sth or to do sth

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s’apprêter à

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leakage; leak

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la fuite

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to succeed; to terminate; to result

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aboutir à

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to fence; to complete; to enclose

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clôturer

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lorsque

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when; once

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hold; influence; sway; grip; stranglehold

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une emprise

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harmful; negative; bad

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néfaste

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to draw conclusions

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tirer des conclusions

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au sommaire

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to summarize

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a hint, a suspicion

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un soupçon

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50
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a constraint

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une contrainte

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51
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to win, to score, to carry off

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remporter

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to land (to secure)

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décrocher

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53
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a scattering

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un éparpillement

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54
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to sulk, to ignore

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bouder

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to destroy, to annihilate

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réduire à néant

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to go bankrupt, to collapse, to go bust

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faire faillite

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a blunder, a smudge

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une bavure

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to pressure someone to

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presser qn à (trouver)

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to fail

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échouer qc/à

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to sit

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siéger

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the resurgence of/increase

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le regain de

62
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at the same time

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en même temps

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to doubt

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douter (de)

64
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to occur; to erupt; to happen

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survenir

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to aim (at something)

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viser

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at that time

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à l’époque

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to demand; to claim

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revendiquer

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the circumstances

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les circonstances

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the cradle (of civilisation etc)

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le berceau

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to divest

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priver

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splash; splatter

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éclabousser

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overwhelming; damning; oppressive; scathing

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accablant

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the content

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le contenu

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to pay bribes

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verser des pots de vin

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an outcry

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un tollé

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the management

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la gestion

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repel, postpone, put off, reject

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repousser

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to make sure that

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faire en sorte que

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warning

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une mise en garde

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momentum, boost, impetus

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un élan

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a promising future

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un avenir prometteur

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to restart, to revive, to relaunch

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relancer

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lala

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en tant que

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half

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en berne

85
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shortness of breath, breathlessness

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l’essoufflement

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fierce

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féroce

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the approach

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la démarche

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ainsi que

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as well as

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alors que

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while; whereas; as

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to reconcile; to bring closer

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rapprocher

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to start

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commencer à

92
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taken or held in custody

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en garde à vue

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to jump

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sauter

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gravely

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grièvement

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to back up; to repel

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refouler

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all along their: their entire life

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tout au long de (la vie)

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chipped; jagged

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ébréché

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a reconsideration

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une remise en cause

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aegis; umbrella;

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une égide

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bereavement; mourning

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deuil

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once

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une fois que

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to provide

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fournir

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supported

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appuyé

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to claim; to demand

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revendiquer

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a file

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un fichier

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to harden

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durcir

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target

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la cible

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against

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encontre

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untraceable

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introuvable

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to weigh

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peser

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relentless

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implacable

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slogan; currency

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la devise

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bloody

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sanglante

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insignificant

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anodin

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support; endorsement;

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l’appui

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negotiations

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pourparlers

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Increase, growth, rise

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une hausse

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puisque

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since

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to surpass

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dépasser

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fast-paced; unbridled; unchecked

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effréné

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to land; to unhook

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décrocher

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to crush

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écraser

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to redeem; to repurchase

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racheter

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admittedly

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certes

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grosse faim

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fringale

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être le premier et le seul à subir les conséquences désagreables d’une situation

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essuyer les plâtres

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to pretend

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feindre de

128
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development

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la croissance

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to result; to succeed

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aboutir à

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to sort; to sort out; to sift

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trier

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to scroll; to march; to parade

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défiler

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a sign; a placard

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une pancarte

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a gathering; a rally

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un rassemblement

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an adventure

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une péripétie

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homely

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une homélie

136
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to pour; to deposit; to remit

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verser qqc à qqn

137
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a sorting; a separation;

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un tri

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a shock

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un heurt

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to burst; to explode

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éclater

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the spokesperson

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le porte-parole

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to start; to begin

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entamer

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to canalize

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canaliser

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