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1
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assessment, track record

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le bilan

bill’s annual assessment shows he’s a debil

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carbon footprint

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le bilan carbone

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with a bit of luck

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avec un peu de chance

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take over from

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relayer

take over guarding the layer from me, yer

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compared to

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par rapport a

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did you like it

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ca t’a plu?

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I don’t ask for anything more

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je n’en demande pas davantage

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I don’t know anytghin

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Je n’en sais rien

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to shake, rattle, weaken (fig)

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ébranler

s’eranler = set off

(his use of fire bran as evidence, really ratled the jury so they set off)

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pass a job intervieW

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réussir a un entretien

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to re-occur

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se reproduire

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illiterate

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anaplhabet

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harm, damage

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nuire a

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put out of harm’s way

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mettre hors d’etat de nuire

we have to get you out of this state Honduras, murder rate is too high

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harm one’s health

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nuire a la sante

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send back to home country

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renvoyer, repartier

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those that have nothing

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les démunis

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scapegoat

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le bouc émissaire

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citizenship through family

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droit du sang

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citizenship thrgouh birth

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droit du sol

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originating from

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un ressortissant de

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it’s hopeless

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c’est la fin des haricots

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to have a romantic adventure

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etre a la colle

fell in love with a glue stick

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to laugh

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se fendre la pipe

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this, that (masc)

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celui

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this, that (fem)

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celle

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these, those (masc)

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ceux

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these, those (fem)

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celles

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rude awakening

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rappel brutal a la réalité

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in pieces

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en morceaux

split mars in pieces by pourig water through the canals

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famous (adj)

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célèbre

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to celebrate

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célébrer

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others

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les autrui

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status quo

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statu quo

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to volunteer

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faire du bénévolat

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i have good news

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j’ai une bonne nouvelle

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again, in the same way

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de nouveau

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again, in a new way

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a nouveau

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freelancer

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journaliste a la pige/pigiste

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hoarding

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l’accumulation

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not a week goes by that smth doesn’ happen

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il ne se passe pas une semaine sans que qqch ne (sbj)

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pin, hairpin

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l’épingle

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in discretion

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en toute discretion

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endure, continue

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perdurer

persevere despite the fact that is dure

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45
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sample

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un échantillon

that’s an enchanting sample of lions you have there

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stagnate

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stagner

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gears, chain of events, spiral

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l’engrenage

the chain of event spiralled out of control as a mous was found in the grain and was throewn into the well to nager

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what counts is

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ce qui compte, ce de

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49
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in conclusion

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in fine

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50
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weed, clear out, prepare

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défricher

clear out this wearhouse from all the cher fric

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clear the way for smn

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défricher le terrain
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(clear out wearhous from cher fric to make way for a counterfeit making machine)

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52
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follow your dreams

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suivez votre étoile

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53
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chain, tie, bond, restrict

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enchaîner

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body and soul

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corps et ame

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throw yourself into

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se donner a fond dans

throw yourself into donner les fonds to an anti ridge-jumping org

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56
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fulfilling

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épanouissant

stepan fulfills my health (doctor

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57
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to the tips of your hair

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jusqu’aux ongles

anger in your nails, turning red

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home, shelter

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gîtes

we had to stay in this gits home

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kindly

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gentiment

the gentleman took a moment to kindly tell me i was eing too loud

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to soften, make more flexible

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assouplir

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61
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a push in the right direction

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coup de pouce

need a coup by the police to get the thum legislation in this country up to speed

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absenteeism

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l’absentéisme

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fruitful, profitable

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fructueux

brings lots of fruits to my yeux

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refine, perfect, polish

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peaufiner

polish your skin with a fine toothursh

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dense, bushy

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touffu

a dense forest of toffee trees

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to drift

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aller a la derive

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67
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to be fed up

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en avoir ras-de-bol

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68
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plot

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le complot

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call into question

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remettre en cause

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70
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to rag, bait, make an uproar

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chahuter

that persion SHah made un uproar by uying a ute to bait his parents into buying him a mercedes

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71
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aggregate

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agréger

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confuse the issue

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brouiller les pistes

bro, you need to huiler the roads so they get confused and can’t find us

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73
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show off, exggerate

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montrer en epingle

show off your new hair pin and exaggerate its size

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74
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emerge unscathed, hold your own

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sortir son epingle du jeu

play jango with pins; got min out without it falling down

75
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dilapidated

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vétusté

76
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five year period

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quinquennat

77
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banner streamer

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une banderole

BAN THE ROLE OF KIM KARDASHIAN

78
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on the threshold of

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au seuil de

79
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failure, breakdown

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défaillance

de fails of lance armstrong was to get caught

80
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in retrospect

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a posteriori

81
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French

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hexagonal

82
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decade

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la décennie

83
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security, reliability

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la sûreté

84
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dismantling, demolition, disperse

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démanteler

85
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procrastinate, delay

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atermoyer

procrastinate in replying to the hater of mojva

86
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drive a point home

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enfoncer le clou

put a nail into the fence as a closing argument

87
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march

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défiler

this protest marching is defiling the streeets of paris

88
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tank

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le char de combat

89
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pass before your eyes

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défiler sous ses yeux

life shown on a gameboyheld under your eyes

90
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hiding place, hideout

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cachette

91
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half-assed, half baked

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foireux

this plan for four people to go in and fuir before the guards’ yeux will get eux killed

92
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zeal, fervour

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ardeur

it’s hard for zeal to dure long

93
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cloakroom, changing room, locker

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vestiaire

threw my vest in the air after going out of the cloackroom;stinks

94
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crazy, absurd

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saugrenu

it’s asurd to try to save gran by sending her to uni

95
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embrace, include, cover

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englober

(inclukde everything in your snow globe covered with snow0

96
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energy needs

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les besoins energetiques

97
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nuclear waste

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déchets radioactifs

98
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environment

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l’environnement

99
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emissions

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les emissions

100
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solar panel

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le panneau solaire

101
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heatwave

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la canicule

can you cool it down, its aheatwave in here

102
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palm oil palm

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le palmier a huile

103
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food chain

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le mailllon de la chaîne

send mail through the food chain

104
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nuclear industry

A

le nucléaire

105
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nuclear power station

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la central nucléaire

106
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carbon footprint

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l’empreinte carboniue

107
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ecosystem

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le écosystème

108
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oil

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le pétrole

109
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petrol

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l’essence

110
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sustainable development

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l’aménagement durable

111
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fun, playful

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ludique

ludvig was a playful king on lundis

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do the right thing

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prendre la bonne voie

113
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waste, squander

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gaspiller

gasp, as if you spilled that mu water

114
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grant, subsidy

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une subvention

a susidy to keep the submarine windmills in operation

115
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flood

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les inondations

116
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cost-effectiveness, prfitibality

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la rentabilité

what is the profitablity of renting?

117
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carbon dioxide

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le dioxyde de carbone

118
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dam

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le barrage

use an aged bar as a dam

119
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landslide

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le glissement de terrain

120
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household

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le foyer

121
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to base smth, to center somth on someth

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axer

122
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demonstrate, reveal

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démontrer

123
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melting

A

la fonte

124
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polar ice cap

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les calottes polaires

kashaloty sitting on the poles

125
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monsoon

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mousson

126
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tin

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boite de conserve

127
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peels

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la epluchure

peel a plush toy and put the peels in the urinal

128
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car pooling

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le covoiturage

129
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stakes

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les enjeux (le)

130
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sort, select, choose

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trier

131
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give a fine, ticket

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verbaliser

given a fine for not using a ver properly while liser

132
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tap

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le robinet

robin trapped in the net in my tap

133
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dazzling, blinding

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fulgurant

dazzling aunt full of beautiful figures

134
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many, numerous

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maint

135
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propeller

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la hélice

propellers are hell for lice

136
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pipe, hose

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le tuyau

could tuyer toi with a pipe or hose

137
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boiler, water heater

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chaudière

138
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charter (plane)

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affréter

charter a plane to have your affair in, don’t fret

139
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commit yourself

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s’engager

140
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harmful

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nocif

141
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starve, famish

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affamer

142
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make available permanently

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mttre en permanence

143
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fuel oil

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le mazout

use foil oil as a maz’ to heal your sores

144
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traffic jam, bottling

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l’emboutillage

get stuck in a traffic jam inside of a decorative bottle in your old age

145
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small island, cluster of houses

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l’îlot

a lot of homes on this small island

146
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what worries me is…

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ce que jou tres grave c’est

147
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car (slang)

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la bagnole

i put shannon noll in my car witha ag on his head

148
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eco-freak

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écolo

149
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remains, leftovers, originiality, depth

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relief

it’s a relief that there’s remains at pomepii, even leftovers from food - gives the site some originality and depth

150
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poultry and rabits, farmyard

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basse-cour

poultry and rabbits playingthe bass at the farmyard court

151
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fertilizer

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l’engrais

put fertilizer in grains

152
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sewer, drain

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l’égout

the unpleasant gout of water from a sewer

153
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duckling, can

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une canette

154
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hold back, contain, restrain

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endiguer

in this guerre we have to stop people from ddigging too many trnches by holding back their offensive

155
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skin, eppl

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pelure

156
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night light

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les veilleuses

vielles dames needs night lights

157
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age group, slice, edge, part

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une tranche

whole age group in the trenches agains thr oldies

158
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VCR

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magnétoscope

the scope of the VCR is such that it’s even magnetic - cann attach to fridge

159
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battery

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la pile

a pile of batteries

160
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blessed

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béni

161
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one who consumes too much energy

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energivore

162
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waste, misuse

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un gâchis

gasp, gary wastes cheese

163
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dreadful, shocking

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effroyable

that afro is shocking, why is he able to wear it

164
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water table

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les nappes phréatiques

they are freakes, use water as a tablecloth

165
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washing mashine

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le lave-ligne

washing machine washes your cothes on the line, i love it

166
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decently, properly

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décemment

167
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to be drunk

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avoir un coup dans l’aile

hit a pigeon in the wing while drunk

168
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completelydrunk

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beurre comme un petit-beurre

so drunk you think you’re a little pot of butter

169
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follow someone everywhere

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etre un pot de colle

little pot of glue follows glue-sniffers around everywhere

170
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work that allows you to live

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faire bouillir la marmite

171
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have multiple abilities

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avoir plusieurs cordes a son arc

I can play multiple chords on my harp; sing a rainbow

172
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party

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faire la foire

have a party in the foyer

173
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kidnapper

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ravisseur

ravishing kidnapper - prince charming

174
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have acold

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avoir un chat dans la gorge

175
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have a beer belly

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avoir de la brioche

ate a brioche, have a beer belly now

176
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longupturned chin

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avoir le menton en galoche

177
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not very friendly

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amiable comme une porte de prison

178
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leper (ostracisedone in a group)

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la brebis galeuse

justin bieber had the gall to be famous, and now he’s ostrasized

179
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split, chop, crack

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fendre

180
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to shell out for smth

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se fendre de qch

crack the wallet open ffor

181
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mle thte heart

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fendre l’ame

182
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break somebody’s heart

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fendre la coeur a qqn

the state of my funds breaks my heart

183
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go fight a losing battle, go like a lamb to the slaughter

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aller au casse-pipe

the pipe is already broken, but your’re trying to smoke out of it

184
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to bring out, emphasize

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mettre en relief

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