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Vocab January Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
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Précis, exact, juste

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Accurate

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Portable, qui se tient dans la main

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Handheld

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To own (s)

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To possess

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Parmi

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Among

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Une interdiction de

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A ban on

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Noms avec un s pluriel et singulier (3)

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A crossroads, a means, a series

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D’un côté / de l’autre

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On the one hand / on the other hand

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Personne qui cherche à rabaisser le mérite de qqn, la valeur de qqch = detracteur

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A critic

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Rester en contact

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To keep in touch

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A social network (s)

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A social media platform

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Débattre de qq chose

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To discuss something

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To be everywhere (s)

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To be ubiquitous

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Des perspectives sombres, laborieuses

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Dim prospects

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14
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Se balader, flâner

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To stroll

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Plongée avec les poissons, sans bouteille de gaz

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The snorkelling

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16
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Anciennement

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Formerly

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Unshamedly (s)

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Wantonly

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A prisoner (s)

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An inmate

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19
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When it hurts

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To be sore

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Exigeant

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Demanding

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A fall guy (=un bouc émissaire)

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A scapegoat

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Un guérisseur

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A healer

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Affluer

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To flock

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Peu rigoureusement

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Loosely

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Scandalous, shocking

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Egregious

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Soudoyer

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To bribe

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Laxiste

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Lax

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Honest, legitimate

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Genuine

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Calmer, réduire, soulager

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To alleviate

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Une conférence, un cours magistral

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A lecture

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Vanter, chanter les louanges de

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To tout

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32
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Attaquer en justice

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To sue

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33
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Déclencher

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To trigger

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34
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La probabilité

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The likelihood

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35
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Misleading (s)

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Deceitful

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Dangers (s)

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Hazards

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37
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Passer en contrebande

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To smuggle

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38
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Endiguer

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To stem

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To scar

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To harm

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40
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A crisis (pl)

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Crises

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To hurry to do something (s)

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To scramble to do something

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Être un incontournable, faire partie des murs

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To be a fixture

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43
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Une faille en géologie

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A falt

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44
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Un apport

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An intake

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L’accent

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An emphasis

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Ravager

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To plague

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Le présentateur

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The news anchor

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Construction to abuse

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To abuse something

49
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Un organigramme

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A flow chart

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Rendre un verdict

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To hand down a verdict

51
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Mépriser (2)

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To despise / to scorn

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Influence (s)

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Clout

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Une catastrophe sanitaire

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A public health crisis

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Faire un accord à l’amiable

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To settle (out of court)

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Sans prendre de gants (2)

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Cutting to the chase, bluntly

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Contrarier qq

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To antagonize someone

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Pointer du doigt

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To point out / to point the finger of blame at somebody

58
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Une erreur de justice

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A miscarriage of justice

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Un point de repère

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A landmark

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A first-of-it’s kind (s)

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Unprecedented

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To wait in line (2s)

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To queue up / to line up

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Mécénat (2s)

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Sponsorship/ patronage

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Chambouler

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To wreak havoc

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Rendre des comptes

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To answer for something

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S’en sortir

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To get away with it

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Se débrouiller, s’en sortir

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To get by

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Pour résumer (2s)

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In short / in brief

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Au bout du compte

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In the end / at the end of the day

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Abandonner

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To ditch something

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Bon débarras

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Good riddance

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Une fausse couche

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A miscarriage

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Une erreur de justice

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A miscarriage of justice

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Être méfiant

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To be weary of

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Échapper à l’impôt sur le revenu

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To dodge income tax

75
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Évasion fiscale

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Tax fraud / tax avoidance / tax evasion

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Un tire-au-flanc, un free-rider

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A dodger

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Un avion de tourisme

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A commercial flight

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Une publicité

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A commercial

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Révéler (lever le voile sur)

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To unveil

80
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Une décision commune

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A joint decision

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Une invention (pas brain-child ni invention)

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A hoax

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Climate skeptics (s)

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Climate change denier

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Faire une tournée électorale

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To barnstorm

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Slim (s)

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Slender

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Grimacer

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To grin

86
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La cupidité

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The greed

87
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Se profilant

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Looming

88
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Démolir

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To tore down

89
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Who is the Prime Minister of India ?

A

Narenda Modi

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Frappant

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Striking

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To win (s)

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To prevail

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Épargne

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Saving

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Formuler des critiques

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To level criticism at / against somebody

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Être critiqué sur

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To be blamed for

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Mettre en lumière

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To underline

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À gap that keeps increasing (2s)

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A yawning / widening gap

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Les riches et pauvres

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The haves and have-not

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Préoccupant

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Concerning

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Prestigious (s)

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Top-notch

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Participer / aller

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To attend

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Retenir

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To hold down

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Un lègue

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A charitable quest

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Être éligible à

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To be entitled to

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Être étiqueté

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To be labeled

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Un foyer

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A household

106
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To give an edge to the kids

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To fast track the kids (of the rich)

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Le trésor public

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Tresory

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Dépouiller

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To strip

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Condamner

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To convict

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