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A strike

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Une grève

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A demonstration

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Une manifestation

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Non governmental organisation

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Une ONG (organisation non-gouvernementale)

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Adhérer à une association

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To become a member of a charity

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Signer une pétition

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To sign a petition

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Se mobiliser

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To recruit/enlist

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Militer pour une cause

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To campaign for a cause

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Protester

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To protest

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S’engager

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To appoint/to hire

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La mise en scène

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Staging

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Le décor

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Scenery

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Le scénario

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Storyline

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L’éclairage

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Lighting

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Les dialogues

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Dialogue

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La pièce

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Play

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Le jeu des acteurs

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Acting

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La lumière

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Lighting

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Une choréographie

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Choreography

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L’interprétation

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Interpretation/performance

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Les comédiens/les comédiennes

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The actors/actresses

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Un court-métrage

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A short film

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L’œuvre

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Piece of work

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Le morceau

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Piece (of music)

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couronné du prix

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Awarded the prize

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La panne

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The breakdown

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Le chauffe-eau

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The boiler

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Le réveillon de Noël

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Christmas Eve

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Dans la lignée de

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In the same genre as

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Le bourreau

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The persecutor/the torturer

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Épopée

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An epic/saga

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Les exemplaires

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The copies

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Le bras droit

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Right hand man

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Romancer

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To romanticise

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La terme/la fin

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The end

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L’amertume

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Bitterness/resentment

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Brosser

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To go down

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La fable

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A fable

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Incantatoire

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Incantatory

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L’ébullition

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Boiling

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Le patrimonie

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Patriotic/a country’s heritage

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Le parcours

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The course

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Enfoui

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Burried

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Lever le voile sur

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To shed light on

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Mobilier et immobilier

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Material and immaterial

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Une injonction

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Injunction/order

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Le circuit

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The tour

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Une orgue

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An organ (instrument)

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Les couilsses

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The backstage

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Une carrière

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A quarry

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Un égout

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A sewer

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Une champignonnière

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Mushroom farm

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Un abri antiaérien

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An air raid shelter

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Ponctuel

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On time/punctual

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Gaspiller

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To waste

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Le gaspillage

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The waste

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Une empreinte écologique

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Ecological footprint

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Protéger la nature

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To protect nature

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Trier les déchets

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To sort rubbish

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L’environement

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The environment

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Recycler

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To recycle

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Une énergie renouvelable

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Renewable energy

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Les ampoules

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Lightbulbs

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le polar

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the crime novel

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le détective

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the detective

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le suspense

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suspense

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mener l’enquête

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to lead an investigation

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le policier

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the police officer

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le criminel

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the criminal

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la victime

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the victim

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faire un procès

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to put someone on trial

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chercher des preuves

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to look for evidence

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mener un interrogatoire

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to conduct an interrogation

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aller en prison

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to go to prison

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porter plainte

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to file a complaint

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être acquitte

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to be found not guilty

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être condamné

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to be convicted

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désuètes

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old fashioned

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structures psychiques fondamentales

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the way we think

79
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fantasmes

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fantasies

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intégrer

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to assimilate

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y voir plus clair

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to see clearly

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maintes fois

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many times

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veuf

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widower

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s’acharner sur

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to be mean with

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pantoufle

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slipper

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rivalité fraternelle

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sibling rivalry

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avilie

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depreciated

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à son comble

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at its height

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tradusient

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show

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en proie aux affres

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suffering from

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souillon

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slob / poor girl

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fratrie

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brotherhood / sisterhood

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minois

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sweet little face

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te surpasser

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to surpass yourself

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docile

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obidient / docile

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once

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ounce

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cernes

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shadows under one’s eyes

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entretenir

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to look after

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minceur

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slimness

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imposées

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required

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lubrique

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lustful

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habile

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skillful

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tirer son épingle de jeu

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to play one’s cards right

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teint

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complexion

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embobiner

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to bamboozle

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faner

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to fade

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jeu truqué

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rigged game

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accabler

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to heap on

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déréglé

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disrupted / corrupted

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délirant

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crazy / delerious

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ronger

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to eat away

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agacer

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to annoy / irritate

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apparence physique

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physical appearance

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se sentir bien dans sa peau

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to feel good in your skin

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confiance en soi

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self-confidence

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la chirurgie réparatrice

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reconstructive surgery

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une transformation

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a transformation

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standards de beauté

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beauty standards

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une chirurgienne

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surgeon (female)

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le chômage

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unemployment

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la formation

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training

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un bénévole

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volunteer

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le journal

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newspaper

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la liberté de la presse

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freedom of the press

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quotidien

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daily

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le panneau publicitaire

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billboard

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une affiche

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a poster

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tourner un film

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to shoot a film

Year 1 Lower Intermediate French grammar (3 decks)

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