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une forme

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a shape

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éviter, échapper à

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to avoid

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un positionnement

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a positioning

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favorable à

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favorable towards

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favorable à

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favourable towards

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un coupable

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a culprit

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la base (les gens ordinaires)

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grassroots

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une fondation (dans le sens de fonder)

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an establishment

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un échec

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a failure

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réticent

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reluctant

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accuser, blâmer

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to blame

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parler à quelqu’un d’un ton sec

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to snap at sbdy

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casser quelque chose d’un coup sec

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to snap

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lancer un regard furieux, toiser (lol) (mépris, colère)

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to glare at

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éblouir

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to glare

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charmant

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lovely

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fixer du regard

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to stare at sbdy

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un neveu

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a nephew

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un parent, un membre de la famille

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a relative

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beige

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beige

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ce petit manège

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this little game

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un rendez-vous (3)

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a rendezvous
a date
an appointment (business)

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ivoire

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ivory

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une tour

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a tower

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pouvoir

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to be able to

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craindre

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to fear

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s’amuser de

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to find something funny

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se décider à

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to make up one’s mind to

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29
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la déception

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disappointment

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être déçu

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to be disappointed

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tendre quelque chose

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to hold out something

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jeter un regard sur

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to glance at

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apercevoir (2)

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to glimpse at
to notice (s'apercevoir de)
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un coup de poignard

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a stab

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poignarder

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to stab/stabbed/stabbed

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une maladie mortelle

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a deadly disease

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suggérer

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to suggest

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évoquer (3)

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to evoke
to mention
to allude to

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le directeur

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the headmaster

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être atteint d’une maladie

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to be sick with a disease

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en bois

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wooden

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la chimie

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chemistry

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se spécialiser dans

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to specialize in

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des déchets

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scraps

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un grenier

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an attic

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une cave

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a cellar

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déplorer (3)

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to lament
to deplore
to regret

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perturbateur(trice)

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disruptive

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les devoirs (2)

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homework

assignments

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tendu

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tense

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un cours

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a lesson

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52
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se sentir soulagé

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to feel relieved

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53
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faire semblant

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to pretend

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54
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ne pas se démonter

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to remain unruffled

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un entretien

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an interview

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56
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une motivation

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a motive

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57
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bricoler

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to cobble up

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courant dominant

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mainstream

59
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rappeler à qqn (évoquer un souvenir) (3)

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to remind somebody of something
to bring something back to somebody
to call something to somebody’s mind

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nombreux (en nombre) (3)

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plentiful
abondant
a lot of

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nombreux (beaucoup) (2)

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many

numerous

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impressionnant (3)

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impressive
stunning
awe-inspiring

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ahurissant (3)

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stunning
stupefying
appalling (négatif)

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natal

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native

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la hauteur

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height

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submerger (3)

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to overwhelm
to submerge
to come over

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la vue (3)

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the view
the sight
the eyesight

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la Statue de la Liberté

A

The Statue of liberty

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le recul

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hindsight

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marquant

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striking

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siroter

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to sip / sipped / sipped

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s’ennuyer (2)

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to be bored

to get bored

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grotesque, ridicule (3)

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preposterous
grotesque
ridiculous

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une épave, un naufrage

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a wreck

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chérir

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to cherish

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menacer

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to threaten/ threatened / threatened

threatening

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une menace

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a threat

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pire

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worst

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parmi

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among

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titulaire

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bearer

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attacher de l’importance à

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to value

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perspicacité, vision

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insight

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poser (une question, un problème, pour une photo…)

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to pose / posed/ posed

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innombrable

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countless

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chercher, courir après

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to seek something/ sought/ sought

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la litanie

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litany

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le tempérament

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temperament

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le rejet

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repudiation

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une nuance (2)

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a nuance

a shade

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crucial

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crucial

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l’ingérence, une intervention

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a meddling

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un tyran

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a tyrant

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un conseiller

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an advisor

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étreindre

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to embrace / embraced / embraced

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l’empressement, la volonté, l’enthousiasme

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willingness

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le catastrophisme

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fearmongering

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la trajectoire, l’évolution, la tournure

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the course

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une diffamation, calomnie

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a vilification

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nier, démentir

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to deny /denied/ denied

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promouvoir

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to promote / promoted / promoted

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un contenu

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a content

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supplanter

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to supplant / supplanted / supplanted

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refaire

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to remake/ remade / remade

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le mépris (2)

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disregard

scorn

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d’exclusion

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exclusionary

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avilir, rabaisser, mépriser

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to demean / demeaned / demeaned

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un huissier

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an usher

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odieux

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odious

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misogyne

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misogynist

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antisémite

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anti-Semite

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miner, ébranler

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to undermine / undermined / undermined

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ronger

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to undercut

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environ (3)

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or so
around
about

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incomplétude

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incompleteness

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retard

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delay

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une tentative, un essai

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an attempt

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tenter

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to attempt

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se résoudre à

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to come to terms with (sthing)

119
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dépouillé

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stripped

120
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les gens, les personnes

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people

folks

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partir, disparaître, s’en aller

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to go away

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un pèlerinage

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a pilgrimage

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un pèlerin

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a pilgrim

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réel, effectif

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actual

125
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un terrain, une terre

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a land

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radical, considérable, catégorique

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sweeping

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un balayage

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a sweeping

128
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une vue, un panorama

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a vista

129
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une lutte, un combat

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a struggle

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un tambour

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a drum

131
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une étreinte, une accolade

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an embrace

132
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embrasser, étreindre

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to embrace

133
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renoncer à, abandonner, céder

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to relinquish

134
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relâcher, libérer quelqu’un

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to set someone free /set/set

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le mépris

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scorn

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lier

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to bind/bounded/bounded

137
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une cravate

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a tie

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un lien (3)

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a tie
a link
a bond

139
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une contrainte (3)

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constraint
ties
obligation

140
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un contenu

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a content

141
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progressif

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progressive

142
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être critique sur

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to be critical of

143
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peu approprié, innaproprié

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unsuitable

144
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inapte

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unfit