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Pantalon

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Trouser

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Louer

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To hire

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Château/manoir

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Mansion

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Cercler/ entouré

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Surround

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Slate

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Ardoise

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Curve

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Tournant

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Cobbled

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Pavé

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Empty

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Vide

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Thick

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Épais

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Rim

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Rebord

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Among

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Parmis

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Maid

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Femme de chambre

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Bow tie

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Nœud papillon

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The small of the back

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Le creux des reins

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Ribbon

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Ruban

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Hang hung hung

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Accroché

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Cheminée

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Fireplace

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Curtain

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Rideau

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Climb

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Grimper

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A stage

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A scène

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Stage

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Scène

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Footlight

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La rampe

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Music stand

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Pupitre

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Drench

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Trempé

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Excerpt

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Extrait

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Tilt

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Incliner

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Bend

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pencher

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Stiff

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Rigide

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Barely

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A peine

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Put his hands in his lap

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Mettre ses mains sur les genoux

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Consommation

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Consumptiol

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Constamment

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Constanly

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Sainement

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Healthy

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Étude de marché

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Market research

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Chercheur

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Researcher

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S’octroyer

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To Grant oneself

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Smear

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Tâche

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Tenir le coup

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To hold out

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Lâche

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Coward

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Longtemps

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Long Time

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Avouer

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To confess

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Au lieu de

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Instead of

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Compter sur quelqu’un

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To count on

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Fermer a clef

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To lock

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Découvrir (sa personalité)

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To find out

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Rester inssupportable

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Remain unbearable

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Monter une entreprise

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SET up a firm

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Compter sur quelqu’un

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To count on

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Fermer a clef

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To lock

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Rester inssupportable

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Remain unbearable

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Coi voiturage

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Carpool

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Monter une entreprise

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SET up a firm

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Lacune

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Gap

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Dénoncer

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To denounce

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Être jugé (législation)

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Be tried

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Elle n’a pas un sou

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She hasn’t got a penny

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Cela ne sert à rien de le lui dire

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There’s no point in telling her

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C’est inutile d’essayer de la convaincre

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There’s no use trying to convince her

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Ce n’est pas la peine de t’en faire

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There’s no need to worry

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Cela ne rime à rien de la quitter maintenant

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There’q no sense in leaving her now

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Potable

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Drinkable

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Intimidé

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Intimidated

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Accélérer

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Speed up

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Dépasser

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To overtake

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Reposer

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Rest

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Retour de bâton

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Backfire

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Une augmentation

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A spate

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Pétition

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Petition

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Fatalties

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Les tués

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Casualties

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Blessé

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Shooting spree

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Vague de tire

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Landmark

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Point de repère

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Slope

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Pente dangereuse

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Le mal

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The harm

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Renoncer

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To give up

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S’engager

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To commit

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Pitié

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Pity

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Centre ville

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City center

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Agir

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Acted

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Vile

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Infâme

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Curieux,

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Inquisitive

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La vérité

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The truth

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Emploi non spécialisée

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Low-skilled job

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Tissus social

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The social fabric

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Fuir les dictatures

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To flee dictatorship

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Régime autoritaire

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Authoritarian regime

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Technicien supérieur

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Engineers

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Repartir (pour l’éco)

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To pick up

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L’issue (de quelque chose)

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The outcome

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Attentat a la voiture piège

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Car bombing

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Un atout

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An asset

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De nos jours

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Nowaday

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Se debarasser

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To get rid

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Écraser

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Run over

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Repos

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Rest

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Détente

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Relaxation

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Trahir

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Betray

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Arme d’assaut

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Assault weapons

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Mandat

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Tenure

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To halt

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Jusqu ce qu’il s’arrête

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To hitch

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Fixer

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Tight

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Hermétique

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Thighs

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Cuisse

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The shore

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Le rivage

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Armement chimique

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Chemical armaments

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L’industrie de l’armement

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The arms industry

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Dégainer son arme

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To draw a pistol

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Armer une arme

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To arm

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Exercer une influence

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To wield power

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Être favorable

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Strike a chord

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Un tas de

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A spate of

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Vision a court terme

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Short term vision

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Blâmé

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Blamed

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Se frayer un chemin

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Carve a place oneself

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To jostle

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Jouer des coudes

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Faire une allusion

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To hint

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Sou poudrer

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To sprinkle

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J’achète LE TOUT

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The all lot

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Se dérouler

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Occurred

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De plus en plus

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Increasingly

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Une poigne

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A handful

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Condamner a la prison a vie

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To serve a Life sentence

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Condamner a mort

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To sentence sb to death

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Manquer de

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To lack sthg

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A hind-sight

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Un regard vers le passé , avec du recul

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Sagesse

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Wisdom

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L’amertume

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Bitterness