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le rebondissement

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new development

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froler

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brush against

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le renfort

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reinforcements

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lorsque

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When

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inquiétude

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worry

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étonnant

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surprising

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la disposition

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tendency

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le prêtre

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priest

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le actionnaire

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shareholder

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surtout

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above all

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gerer

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to manage

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également

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equally, evenly

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le hebdomadaire

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weekly

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la croissance

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growth

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le pourfendeurs

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sworn opponent

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le argent

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money

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ainsi

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like this

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le dépôt

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deposit

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saturer

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to saturate

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abondant

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extensive

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le remboursements

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repayments

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provoquer

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provoke, cause

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le recensement

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inventory, census

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principe

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principle

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product phare

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flagship product

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au-delà

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beyond

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préalable

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preliminary

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la courbe

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curve

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inverser

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to reverse

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la volonté

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wish, will

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en hausse

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rising

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le croyance

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belief

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frizer

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to curl, skim

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le précarité

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precariousness

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désabusé

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disillusioned

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enrayer

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to check

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jaloux

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jealous

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mener

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to take, lead to

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contraire

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opposite

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préoccupant

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worrying

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la locataire

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tenant

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la informatique

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computer sciences

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le promotion

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promotion, class

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en promotion

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on special offer

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la pédagogie

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education, teaching skills

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par ailleurs

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moreover

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le cursus

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degree course

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le bac

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baccalaureate

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viser

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aim, aim at something

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le génie

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genius

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marquant

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significant, prominent

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dont

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whose, of which

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le retombées

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fall out

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ensemble

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together, at the same time

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grincer

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to creak

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violente

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violent, drastic

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la espèce

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species, type, sort

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imbitable

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meaningless

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le rigueur

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rigour, harshness

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réagir

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react

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conjuguer

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to conjugate, combine

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insolite

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amazing, bizarre

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la ombre

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shade, shadow

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le espoir

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hope, hopeful

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le traité

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treaty

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la désinvolture

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casualness

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oublier

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to forget, miss

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raccompagner

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to take home

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rieur

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happy

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la parole

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speech, take the floor

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moqueur

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mocking

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la remise

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delivery, presentation

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hormis

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save

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convier qn a

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invite somebody to something

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calmer

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to quiet down, ease

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mieux

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better

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le mieux

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the best

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bombardier furtif

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stealth bomber

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furtif

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furtive

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larguer

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to drop, launch

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factice

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fake

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la cible

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target, target market

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frapper

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to hit, strike

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-ci

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this

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-ces

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these

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notamment

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in particular

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la dissuasion

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dissuasion

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déclencher

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release, launch, trigger

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concevoir

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conceive, conceive of

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vitesse du son

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speed of sound

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inébranlable

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solid, steadfast, unshakeable

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le homologue

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counterpart, opposite number

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au bout de

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at the end of, after

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escompter

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to expect, reckon upon

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s’expliquer

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to explain to somebody, have it out, discuss things

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asseoir

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to sit up, sit down, establish

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retrouver

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to find, find one another

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le virement

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transfer

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le voyageur

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traveller, passenger

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le décret

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decree

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la vigueur

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vigour

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évoquer

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to evoke

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le effondrement

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collapse

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apaiser

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to calm, quell, appease

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furieusement

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furiously

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songer a

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to think about

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la tournure

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turn of phrase

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le camp

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camp, side

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la montée

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rising, rise

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étroite

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tight

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prevaloir

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to rule, reign

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en outre

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besides

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le échelle

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scale, ladder

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revenir

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to come back, recur

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le genre

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genre, type

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entamer

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to start, commence

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le numero

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number, weirdo, crank

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verrouiller

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To bolt, lock

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sommaire

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basic, summary

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le déambulateur

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Zimmerman frame

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le déception

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disappointment, disillusionment

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menotté

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handcuff

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le parquet

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Public prosecutors office

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fustiger

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to denounce

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tranison

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betrayal, treason

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defaire

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undo, unwrap, unfold

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manqué

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unsuccessful

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le séisme

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earthquake

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la ignominie

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disgrace

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la dissimulation

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concealment

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le mensonge

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lying

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salir

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to dirty

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la morgue

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haughtiness

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le blanchiment

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laundering

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du tout au tout

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completely

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la parole

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speech, word

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avouer

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confessed to

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entendu

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knowing

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le filleul

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godson

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la tribune

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forum

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cibler

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to target

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périr

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to perish

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d’ici

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within

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le attentat

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assassination attempt, attack

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le Avis

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reporting

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le sondage

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opinion poll

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mise en concurrence

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competitive tendering

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tromper

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mislead

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le portee

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span, reach

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le leurre

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decoy

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redouter

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fear, dread

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se passer de

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get tired of

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fidele

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faithful

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consigner

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Keep a record of

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le atermoiement

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evasiveness

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le pire

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The worst

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le gachis

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muddle

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la reine

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Queen

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le émeutier

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rioter

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abreger

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shorten

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le aveu

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confession, admission

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demarrer

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take off, be successful

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le degat

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damage

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traquer

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to track, hunt

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chef de inculpation

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charge

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le cou

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neck

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deposer

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to put down

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le plainte

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complaint

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allouler

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to allocate to somebody

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debourser

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to pay out

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dechoir de

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to be stripped of

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contourner

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to bypass

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faire allusion

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to allude to

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sciemment

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knowingly

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le bénéfice

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profit

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le syndicat

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trade union

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celui-ci

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This one

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flou

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vague

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le licenciement sec

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compulsory redundancy

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s’étaler sur

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to spread over

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la attente

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expectation

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effectifs

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manpower

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orageux

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stormy

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outre-mer

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overseas

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censer

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to incense ( figurative, praise to the skies)

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le déclinaison

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declension

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feinter

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to faint / to fool

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acteur

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actor / player

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bousculer

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to push, shove, shake up

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d’autant

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accordingly

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chiffrer

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to assess

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relever

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to stand up, raise

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le ampleur

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scale, size

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le defi

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Challenge, defiance

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la pelouse

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lawn, enclosed area

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le cadet

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the younger

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le ascendant

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influence, ascendant

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la bêtise

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stupidity