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1
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Mesquin, petit, insignifiant

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Petty

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Lorgner, avoir des vues sur

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To have one’s eye on

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S’emparer de

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To capture

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Ministre des Affaires Étrangères

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Secretary of State

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Mandat

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On someone’s watch

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Dossier

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Briefing book

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Personne d’influence

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Power broker

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Se vanter, se targuer

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To boast

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Mieux que quiconque

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As well as anyone

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Bipartite

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Bipartisan

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Obtenir

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To secure

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Dé gauche - de droite

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Left/ right wing

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Protection sociale

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Welfare

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Négocier

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To hammer out

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Législateur

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Lawmaker

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Définir, cerner avec précision

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To pin down

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Conseiller, collaborateur

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Adviser, aide

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Réduction d’impôt, avantage fiscal

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Tax break

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Opinion

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View

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Déduire

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To infer

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S’entourer de

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To retain

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Personnalité

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Luminary

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S’inquiéter, craindre

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To fret

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Avide de pouvoir

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Power hungry

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Partisan de l’étatisme

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Statist

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Si vous lui donnez le petit doigt, il vous prendra tout le bras

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Give her an inch, he’ll be your ruler

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Recueillir, collecter

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To raise

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Belliciste

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Hawkish

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Soutenir

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To back

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Sensé, raisonnable

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Sensible

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Groupe de réflexion, laboratoire d’idées

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Think tank

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Ouvert

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Inclusive

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Développer, augmenter

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To expand

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Subvention salariale

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Wage subsidy

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Travailleur pauvre

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Hard-up worker

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Curieux

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Intriguing

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Comité d’entreprise

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Work council

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Douteux, discutable

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Dubious

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Gonfler, augmenter

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Ramp up

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Implicite

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Implied

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Prêt hypothécaire, crédit immobilier

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Mortgage

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Programme de création d’emplois

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Make-work scheme

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Argumentaire, discours

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Pitch

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Augmentation rapide

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Surge

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Date butoir

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Expiry date

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Exhorter

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To urge

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Tergiverser, hésiter

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To dither

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Réprimander, critiquer

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To chide, chided/chid, chided/chidden

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Laisser des zones d’ombre

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To leave many details un filled

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Peu fiable

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Untrustworthy

51
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Serveur

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Server

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Estimer, juger

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To deem

53
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Adéquat

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Relevant

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Apaiser, dissiper

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To allay

55
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Malsain

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Unhealthy

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L’emporter sur

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To outweigh

57
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Se cantonner

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To be down to

58
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A peine

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Barely

59
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Avec une avance confortable

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By substantial margins

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Talonner

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To pull close to

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Parvenir à égalité

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To pull even with

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Super Mardi (date cle des élections primaires)

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Super Tuesday

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Peuplé

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Populous

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Collectif, général

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Overall

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Appuyer, soutenir

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To endorse

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Accept the truth or the unpleasantness of a situation and do something about it

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Face up to

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Stop gradually

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To phase something out

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Begin at the time in the past

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Dates back to

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Demolish

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Tear down

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Collapse or close to collapse

Become emotionally stressed and unable to function

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Break down

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Make something change from negative to positive

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Turn something around

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Share the living space with someone else

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Live together with

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Destroy with fire

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Burn down

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Have the expected qualities or qualifications

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Measure up to

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Pyromane

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Arsonist

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Smuggling

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X

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Se balancer, chanceler, influencer, impressionner,

Influence, emprise, rayonnement,

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To sway

78
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Se donner beaucoup de mal

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To go to great lengths

79
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Engranger, obtenir

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Garner

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Omniprésence

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Pervasiveness

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Extravagant

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Over-the-top

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Pilier,

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Cornerstone, linchpin

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Le plus haut/élevé/ important
Supérieur
Qui est la préoccupation majeure/absolue
Au dessus

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Uppermost

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Précipite, hâtif

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Hasty

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Impulsion, élan, coup de boost

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Impetus

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Double

Adverbe: par deux

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Twofold

To increase twofold

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Bourgeonnant, en plein essor, en pleine expansion, en pleine croissance

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Burgeoning

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Pur

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Sheer

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Ampleur, magnitude, grandeur

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Magnitude

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Raviver, allumer, ranimer

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Rekindle

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S’en prendre à quelqu’un, se déchaîner contre quelqu’un, fustiger quelqu’un

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Lash out (against) 
Lash out at somebody
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Juger, considérer, estimer,

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Deem to be
Deem somebody as
Deem something something

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Cohésion

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Cohesiveness

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Considérer, regarder

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Look upon

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Courant dominant
Opinion majoritaire

Adjectif
Traditionnel
Grand public (film)

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Mainstream

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Accablant, écrasant

Irrésistible

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Overwhelming

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Grande échelle

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Large scale

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Révolte, agitation, bouleversement, soulèvement

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Upheaval

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Exhiber, faire étalage

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To flaunt

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Penser que

S’imaginer que

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To reckon

101
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A peine

Presque quasiment

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Scarcely

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Recul

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Hindsight

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Florissant, prospère, vigoureux

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Thriving

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Dépassé

Ne plus être en phase

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Out of touch

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Inaccessible

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Out of bounds

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Se reproduire, se multiplier,
Élever
Une espèce

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Breed

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Complaisance

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Complacency

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Mélancolie

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Wist

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´Mince

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Slender

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Langoureux

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Languidly

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Attacher, fermer

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Fasten

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Discret

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Unobtrusive

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Dépourvu de

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Devoid of

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Subjuguer, maîtriser, adoucir, atténuér

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Subdue

115
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Aigu, perçant, strident

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Shrill

116
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B

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Sustainant

117
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Prospérer

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Thrive

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Temps libre

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Leisure time

Anglais (8 decks)

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