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recler

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to conceal, harbour, receive

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arbitrer

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to referee, umpire, arbitrate

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maussade

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sullen, gloomy

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se connaître

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to know each other

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aigu

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high pitched, shrill, sharp

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tristesse

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sadness

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le chauves-souris

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bat

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le échelle

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ladder, rate

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flambé

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flambe

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la revue

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review, magazine

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loucher

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to squint

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la poursuite

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pursuit, chase

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poursuites

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legal proceedings

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se servir

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to help oneself

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rallier

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to rally, rejoin

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la embuscade

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ambush

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le caravane

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caravan

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le guet-apens

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ambush

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la émeute

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riot

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le berceau

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cradle, crib

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la colère

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anger

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bénit

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consecrated

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faire un pied de nez à

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to thumb one’s nose at

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la lubie

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whim, craze

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méconnaissables

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unrecognisable

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le bilan

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outcome, toll, balance sheet

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jouxter

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to adjoin

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démentir

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to deny, contradict

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déplorer

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to deplore,

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quant a

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as for, regarding

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costaud

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strong, sturdy

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le vœu

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wish

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enjoindre à qn de faire

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to enjoin sb to do, to order sb to do

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abroger

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to appeal, abrogate

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le intégriste

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fundamentalist

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alentour

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around

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le débordement

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overflowing

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propre

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clean, tidy, own

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auditionner

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to audition

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le paradis fiscal

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tax haven

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la implantation

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implantation, setting

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le poil

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hair

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prêter

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to lend, give rise to

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le inondation

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flood

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le tronc

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trunk, collection box

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saucissonner

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to cut up, to picnic

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la escroquerie

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swindle

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octroyer qch à qn

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to grant sth to sb, to grant sb sth

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le detournement

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diverting, rerouting

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le recel

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receiving stolen goods

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perturber

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to disrupt, disturb

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la crue

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rising

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gaver

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to force feed, to fill someone up

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la production pluviométrique rainfall

déficit pluviométrique rainfall deficit

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la houle

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swell

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la tempête

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storm

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le fantoche

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puppet

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ivre

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drunk

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éberlué

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astounded, flabbergasted

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la cargaison

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cargo

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la velléités

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vague desire

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le malheur

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adversity, misfortune

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ennemi juré

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sworn enemy

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épauler

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to backup, support, aim at

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la issue

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exit, way out, solution

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aveugle

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blind

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déguisé

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disguised, hidden

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soutirer qch à qn

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to squeeze sth out of sb, to get sth out of sb

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le expertise

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valuation, assessment, forensic evidence

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le remboursement

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repayment

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le acheminement

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delivery, transmission

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plier

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to fold

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réprimer

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to punish, suppress, put down

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la veille

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a couple of days before

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rendre

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To give back, return

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la rancune

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grudge

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avant

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before

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trop avant

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too far forward

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la ampleur

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scale, size

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le aménagement

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laying out, fitting out

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arborer

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to bear, display

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Mener

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to take, lead, lead to

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la concertation

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meeting, dialogue

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pharaonique

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collosal

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la détroit

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straight

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le affrontement

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confrontation

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le heurt

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collision

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gaz lacrymogène

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tear gas

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ameuter

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to draw a croud, stir

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globalement

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taken as a whole

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naître

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to be born, arise from

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le calcaire

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limestone

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la calanque

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rocky inlet

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tacheté de

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speckled with

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jaillir

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to gush out, spurt out

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pluvieux

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rainy, wet

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a rade

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natural harbour

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le tuile

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tile

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le colline

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hill

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sur pilotis

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on stilts

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Sain

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healthy, wholesome

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secouer

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to shake

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la prière

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prayer

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parallèle

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parallel

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à huis clos

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In camera

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le valeur

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value, worth, merit

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établir

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to make out, draw out, establish

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écrasant

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overwhelming

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le dérapage

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skid, slipping, slip up

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inouï

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unheard of, extraordinary

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propos

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sentiments

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la botte

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boots, welling tons, bunch

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la coloration

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Colour, colouring

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disperser

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to scatter, disperse

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recenser

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to make a list, make a census of, inventory of

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dériver

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to derive, divert

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le arrachage

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pulling out

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la pilleur

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plunderer, looter

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populaire

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Working class, popular

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la épreuve

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event, test, trial, proof

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disputer

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to play, fight, run

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calquer

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to trace, copy

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la razzia

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raid

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la foudre

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lightening

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la cuisse

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thigh, leg

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la piste

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track, trail, ring

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le gilet pare-balles

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bullet proof jacket

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écrouer

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to imprison

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ame de fond

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ground swell

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balayer

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sweep up, sweep aside, scan

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minutieusement

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meticulously

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le voyou

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hooligan, gutter snipe

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jeune loup

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young go getter

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repérer

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to spot, locate

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le trace

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track, footprint, mark

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le partie

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part, party, game

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approprié à

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appropriate to

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enrayer

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to check

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voler

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to fly

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le assaut

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attack, assault

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aspirer

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to breath, inhale

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récolter

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to harvest, collect

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agir

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to act, behave

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le valise

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suitecase

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le avertissement

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warning

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la balade

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walk, stroll

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le passe-droit

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special priviliges

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le sinistre

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fire, blaze

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bénévole

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voluntary

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defenester

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to throw out of the window

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le gérant

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manager

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le poing

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fist

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ruban adhésif

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adhesive tape

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mécanique

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mechancial

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entrer en lice

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to come in to contention

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délictueux

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criminal

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propager

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to spread

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le sifflement

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whilstle, whistling

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apprêter

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to prepare

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le retentissement

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repercussions

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rouler

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to roll

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le parrain

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godfather

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le chœur

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choir

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le refrain

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tune

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houleuse

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stormy

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escalader

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to climb

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le agglomération

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town

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le redevance audiovisuelle)

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licencee fee

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cru

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raw

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injurieux

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abusive, insulting

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le bouclier

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shielf

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le périple

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journey

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prestations familiales

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family benefits

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petite enfance

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infancy

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le foyer

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home, household

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le branche

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branch, industry, stick

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aisé

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well to do, well off

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la seuil

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threshold

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le revenu

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revenue, yield

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la prime

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bonus, allowance

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la prestation

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benefit, cover

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allocs

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child benefit

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bouleversé

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stricken, overwhelmed, shattered

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le trafic

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traffic, trafficking

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parier

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to bet

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le taupe

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mole

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reluisant

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gleaming

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sans bavure

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flawless

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attester

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to attest to, vouch for

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dépeindre

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to depict

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à huis clos

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in camera

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Le aiguilleurs

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Pointsman, controller, switchman