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Volume 1 Flashcards

1
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de l’avis general

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by all accounts

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un excompte

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discount

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un chuintement

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hiss, lisp

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les babines (f)

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lips

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un préau

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covered playground

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souiller

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to spoil, defile

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un furoncle

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boil (on the skin)

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la sanie

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pus

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l’aine (f)

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groin

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une grosseur

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lump, cyst

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avoir l’air déconfit

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to look downcast, crestfallen

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un dépuratif

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cleanser, purgative

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la fongosité

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fungosity (fungal disease)

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tapisser

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to cover (with fabric)

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s’ingénier à faire

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to try one’s utmost to do

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une lorgnette

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lens or a pair of lenses held by a stick

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l’aiguillage

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switching (eg. railway)

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un piston

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piston, cornet à pistons (valves)

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dominicale (adj)

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on Sunday

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un édile

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town councillor

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inguinal (adj)

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of the groin

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l’apparence (f)

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appearance

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crépir

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to render (plaster)

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les bronches (f)

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bronchia

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25
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déraisonnable

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irrational, unreasonable

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la déraison

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madness

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un rayon

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ray, shelf

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estomper

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to make blurry, shade off

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suppurer

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to supperate, produce pus

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tempéré (adj)

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temporate

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dépourvu (adj)

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devoid of

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au dépouvu

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by surprise

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33
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partagé entre

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to be torn between

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34
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la bêtise

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supidity

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35
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modeste (adj)

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modest, humble

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36
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l’écoeurement (fix)

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nausea, disgust

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les bubons

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swollen lymph nodes

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38
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hideux (adj)

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hideous

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39
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un mendiant

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beggar

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40
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la sobriété

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temperance, frugality

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provisoire (adj)

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temporary, provisional

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42
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avoir la hardiesse de faire

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to have the courage to do

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43
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la dératisation

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pest control

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44
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la marelle

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hopscotch

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45
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désaffecter

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to decommission, close down

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calfeutrer

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to weal (eg weather stripping)

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environnant (adj)

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surrounding

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transvaser

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to decant

49
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transiger

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to compromise

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aboucher

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to abut, place end to end

51
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s’aboucher

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to be joined end to end

52
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livré (adj)

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abandoned, left (also delivered)

53
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supputer

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to judge, evaluate

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astreindre

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to oblige, require of sb

55
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indigner

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to make indignant

56
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l’asserissement

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subjugation

57
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imprévu

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unforeseen, unexpected

58
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à plat sur

A

flat on

59
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nègre (adj, noun)

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black, negro

60
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buté (adj)

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stubborn

61
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bouder

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to sulk

62
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se magner

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to hurry

63
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se grouiller

A

to hurry

64
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s’activer

A

to get going

65
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faire vite

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to hurry

66
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le taf

A

work

67
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tendancieux (adj)

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biased

68
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l’abstraction

A

absent mindedness

69
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la recrudescence

A

increase

70
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un prêche

A

sermon

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fougueux (adj)

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spirited

72
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une chaire

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pulpit

73
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de proche en proche

A

gradually

74
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un épieu

A

spear

75
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les semailles (fp)

A

sowing of seeds

76
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la moisson

A

harvest

77
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la miséricorde

A

pardon, mercy

78
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le language

A

language

79
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la claustration

A

confinement

80
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rasséréner

A

to reassure

81
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une rature

A

crossing out

82
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une tirette

A

pull tab

83
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de loin en loin

A

here and there

84
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un martinet

A

swallow-like bird

85
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grêle (adj)

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thin, reedy (in body or voice)

86
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émietter

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to crumble

87
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effréné (adj)

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frantic

88
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crouler

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to collapse

89
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jacasser

A

to chatter

90
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ailleurs que

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other than

91
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vertu ou vice

A

virtue or vice

92
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un chantre

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eulogist

93
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un génitif

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genitive case (eg noun modifying another noun)

94
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fâcheux

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regrettable

95
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monotone (adj)

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monotone (voice, monotonous

96
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un remue-ménage

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stir, commotion

97
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un nabot

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dwarf, short person

98
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une buvette

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refreshment stand, pump room (thermal station)

99
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revaloir

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to get even, return the favour

100
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périmer

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to make obsolete

101
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un rentier

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person of independent means, landlord

102
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les psalmodies

A

chants

103
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en sourdine

A

muted

104
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à longeur de

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all

105
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forcené (adj)

A

insane

106
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une baladeuse

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portable lamp

107
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un baladeur

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walkman (or similar)

108
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nnon que

A

not that

109
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infime (adj)

A

tiny

110
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inopinément

A

unexpectedly

111
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la longanimité

A

long suffering

112
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un étouneau

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starling, scatterbrain

113
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une grive

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thrush

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un piétinement

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shuffling of feet, lack of progress

115
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depuis peu

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recently

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