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1
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Ça remonte

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It goes upstairs

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Il expose

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He exhibits

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Le patrimoine

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The heritage

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Très attendu

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Eagerly awaited

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Il est d’autant plus important que

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It is all the more important as

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Évoquer

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Evoke/ mention

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Jusqu’à nos jours

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Up to the present day

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Ça a couté quelques 540$ à construire, dont plus de la moitié financé par des mécènes

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It has cost some 540$ to build, more than half of which has come from private donors

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S’engager (politique)

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To commit/ pledge

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Un rapprochement

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A rapprochement

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Les acteurs du tourisme se préparent à l’afflux de citoyens américains à cuba

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The tourist industry is gearing up for an influx of Américain citizens to Cuba

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Cuba n’est situé qu’à quelque 160 km de la floride

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Cuba lies only 160 kilometers or so from Florida

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Entre autre

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Among other things

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Une interdiction

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A prohibition

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Dresser une liste

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To draw up a list

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Facilement

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Easily

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N’est plus requis

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Is no longer required

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Des raisons religieuses

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Religious purposes

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Lutter

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To struggle

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Poussette

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Strollers

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Diapers

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Couches pour bébé

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A mesure que

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As

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En ce qui concerne/ en matière de/ à propos de

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In matters of

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Une résidence

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A residence

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N’a rien à envier

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Is no better than

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En cause

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At issue

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Gracieusement offert

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Graciously granted

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28
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Une spécificité britannique

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Typically British

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Les personnes employées

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The people hired

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Une garantie

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A guarantee

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31
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Tout en leur interdisant de prendre un autre emploi

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While barring them from taking on another job

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32
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Le plus souvent

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More often than not

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33
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Congés payés

A

Paid holidays

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34
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Devoir qch a qqn

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To owe sth to sb

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Il doit son talent autant à lui qu’à ses parents

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He owes his talent as much to him as his parents

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36
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S’obscurcir

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To grow dark

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37
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Me réchauffer

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To warm myself

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38
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Se replier dans/ s’abriter

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To take refuge in

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39
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Broder

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Embroider

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40
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Du 22 au 31 octobre

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From 22nd to 31st October

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41
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La ville accueilles

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The city hosts

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42
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Contes de fée

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Fairytales

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43
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Se mettre en quête de

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Go in quest of

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44
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Courtoisie/ politesse

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Courtesy/ politeness

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45
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Un vendeur

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A seller

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46
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Encombrant

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Cumbersome

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47
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Encombré

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Congested/ jammed

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48
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Livrer

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Deliver

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49
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Accompagner

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Accompany/escort

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50
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Rivaliser

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Match

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51
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L’appartenance

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The membership

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52
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Refaire surface

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To resurface

53
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Raviver

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To rekindle

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D’autant plus que le parti..

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All the more so as the party

55
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Sans précédent

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Unprecedented

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Préciser

A

To point out

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Députés (RU)

A

Members of parliament (MPs)

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Baisser

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To lower

59
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Ton (voix)

A

Tone

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Un comptoir

A

A counter

61
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Se diriger vers

A

To go towards

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Un vol (cambriolage)

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A theft

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Steal-voler

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Steal-stole-stolen

64
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Hide-cacher

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Hide hid hidden

65
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Il souligne

A

He emphasizes

66
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Une dotation

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An endowment

67
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Lever les yeux/chercher

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To look up

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Saisir/agripper

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To grab /grabbed

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Doucement

A

Gently

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Faire entrer quelqu’un

A

To let somebody in

71
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Se douter de quelque chose

A

To be aware of something

72
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Soudain

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All of sudden/suddenly

73
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L’emprunt

A

Borrowing

74
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La haine

A

Hatred

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Chacun était sommé de rester chez lui

A

Everyone had been told to stay home / everyone was to stay home

76
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Oser

A

To dare

77
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Faire des provisions

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To stock up provisions

78
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De longues journées d’attente

A

Endless days of waiting

79
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J’étais en train de me verser un verre

A

I was pouring myself a glass

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Grater

A

To scratch

81
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Chuchoter

A

To whisper

82
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Être effrayé

A

To be frightened

83
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Éclater de rire

A

To giggle

84
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Un raccourci

A

A shortcut

85
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Éternuer

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To sneeze

86
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Tousser

A

To cough

87
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Une bosse

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A bump

88
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Grain de beauté

A

Mole

89
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Boutons

A

Pimples

90
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Un foyer

A

A household

91
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Rembourser

A

Pay back

92
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1 sur 5

A

One in five

93
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Endetté

A

Indebted

94
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Quelque que soit

A

Regardless

95
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Ont vu la part de la dette augmenter dans les dépenses

A

Have seen the share of debt increase as part of their expenditure

96
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Ainsi

A

Thus

97
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Dette moyenne

A

Average debt

98
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Augmenter

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Rise rose risen

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S’immiscer/ surgir

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To crop up (cropped)

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L’enseignement supérieur

A

Higher education

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Avoir un diplôme

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To graduate

102
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Ramper

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To creep

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Grimper

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To creep up

104
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En général

A

Generally speaking

105
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La plongée

A

Scuba diving

106
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Allonger/ allongé

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Lay/ lying

107
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Porter

A

To carry

108
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Carry on

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Continuer

109
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Murmurer

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Whisper

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Rejoindre

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Join/catch up with

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Être énervé

A

Be angry with

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Être destiné à

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Being targeted at

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A travers

A

Through

114
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Dernièrement

A

Lately

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En haut de l’affiche

A

At the top part of the poster

116
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Coudre irreg

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To sew sewed sewn

117
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I trump somebody’s ace

A

Faire mieux que quelqu’un

118
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L’entreprise était criblé de dette il y a 2 ans

A

The firm was debt-ridden two years ago

119
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Un arbitre

A

An umpire

120
Q

Mais bien sûr, ça c’était très mal passé, sinon il n’aurait pas fini par atterrir à détroit

A

But of course, it had all gone wrong, otherwise he would not have ended up in Detroit

121
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Souffler

A

To blow blew blown

122
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S’habiller

A

To get dressed

123
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Confortable

A

Comfortable

124
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Mériter

A

To deserve

125
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La Richesse

A

The wealth

126
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Rétrécir

A

To shrink/ shrank/ shrunk

127
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Un logement

A

A housing

128
Q

Loger

A

Accommodate