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117 Cards in this Set
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L'haleine
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Breath
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Virer, Virer a, Se faire virer
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Transfer (money), Change (colour), get sacked
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Appareil
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Appliance, Device
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Depistage
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Screening (e.g. for AIDS)
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Accaparer
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Monopolise
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Hydrocution
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Hypothermia
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Entrainer
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To lead to
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La noyade
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Drowning
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Lezarder, Se Lezarder
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To crack or bask (in the sun), To crack mentally
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Pile
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Un tas ou un pile
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Prealablement
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Beforehand
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S'emparer de
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To seize
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Un fief
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Territory, Stronghold
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Riposter
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Retort
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Lier à
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To be tied to, connected to
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Amoindrissement
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Diminuition
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Engrais
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Manure
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Le lisier
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Liquid Manure
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Dejection
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Evacuation (in terms of poo)
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Epandre
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Spread (agriculture)
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Déverser
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To pour, dump
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Azote
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Nitrogen
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Tardive
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Belated
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Vouer
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To worship, devote, doom
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Païen
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Pagan (no religion)
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Viticulture
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Viticulture (wine growing)
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Le flou
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Vagueness, Fuzziness
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Méfiance
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Mistrust, Suspicion
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Se vouloir
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To like to think about oneself as
s'en ~ to be cross with oneself; s'en ~ de to regret; je m'en serais voulu de ne pas vous avoir prévenu I would never have forgiven myself if I hadn't warned you. |
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Un Périple
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Journey
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Une caisse noire
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Slush fund (a fund for buying votes or bribing public officials)
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Un responsable (personne)
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Person in charge
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Dirigeant
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Leader
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Ancetre
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Ancester
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Rebondissement
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Sudden revival, New development, twist
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Prelever
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Remove, Deduct
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Le Recel
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Concealment, Hiding
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Percevoir
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To collect, receive, perceive
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En espèces
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In cash
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Occulte (adj.)
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Occult, Secret
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A propos, je
A propos |
By the way, I...
At the right moment |
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Amputer
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Amputate, Cut drastically
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Se teinter de
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Become tinted with
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La lassitude
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Lassitude (lacking vitality)
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Le Matraquage
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Overkill
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Un engouement
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Infatuation, craze
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Se rejouir
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To delight
S'etre rejoui - be delighted |
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Susciter
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Fuel (speculation), spark off
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Incontestablement
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Unmistakeably
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Ardemment
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Keenly, Passionately, Ardently
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Courtiser
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To court
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En ami
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As a friend
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Un bain de foule
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Crowd-mingling
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Desservir
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To go against one's interests
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Aupres de
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Beside, Compared to
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Futé
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Crafty
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Un bouchon
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Cork, Traffic Jam, (traffic) obstruction
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Pieger
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To trap (criminal, animal), To trick (person)
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En prevision de
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In readiness for
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Indemiser
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Indemnify (Compensate)
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La chute
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Fall, Loss
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Tendre
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Tighten, Stretch
(Noun) Tender |
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Elancer
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To dash forwards
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Un bastion
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Stronghold
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La/Les coulisses
En coulisse |
The wings
Backstage |
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Impot
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Tax
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Epargner
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Save (money)
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Le Placement
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Investment
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La bourse
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Stock exchange, Grant
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Un prestataire
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Provider, Receiver of benefits
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Un devis
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A Quote (price)
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Rallonger
Une rallonge |
To extend
An extension |
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Une emplette
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A purchase
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A compter de
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As from
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Baroudeur
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Fighter
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Epargner
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To Save (Up)
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Fureur
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Rage, Fury
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Loque
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Wreck (Human)
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Bourrer
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To cram (sth) full
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Un Afflux
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Influx
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Une Trêve
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Truce
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Une Décennie
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Decade
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Une Ruée, Se ruér sur
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A Rush, To rush into
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Ecorcher
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To Graze, Skin
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Abordable
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Affordable
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Neveu
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Nephew
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Gendre
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Son-in-Law
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La crete
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Mohican
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Se Battre
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Struggle
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Au bout du compte
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In the end
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Valoir le coup
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Worth Watching
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Sourcil
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Eyebrow
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Cils
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Eyelashes
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Aphte
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Ulcer
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Idolatrer
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Idolise
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Convier
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Ask/Invite
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Rafler
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To make off with
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Confondre (apart from confuse)
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Merged, Altogether
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Avoir le vent en poupe
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Have wind in one's sails
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Attiser
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Stir up, Kindle, Fuel
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Convoitise
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Lust, desire
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Un pret
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Loan
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La belle
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Pick of the bunch, the decisive one
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Se baser sur
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To go by sth
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Epreuve
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(Sport) event
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Boucler
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To Complete, fasten, corden off
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Soubresaut
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Jolt/Jerk
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Enteriner
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Ratify
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Transiter
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To pass through, go via
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Regler
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Settle (debt etc),
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Flambant neuf/ve
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Brand new
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Augurer
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To Forsee
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Frissonner
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To Tremble, Shiver
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Renoncer
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Give up
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Reclamer
Se reclamer |
To Call For
To Claim to Represent Somebody |
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Défiler
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Parade, (protesters) March
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Retrait
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Withdrawal
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