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Volume 2 Flashcards

1
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s’embarrasser de…

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to burden oneself with…

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la jointure

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joint

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l’accalmie (f)

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lull

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s’engeueler avec qqn

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to have a row with someone

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un volant

d’être au volant

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steering wheel

to be at the wheel

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emboîter

s’emboîter le pas à quelqu’un

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to fit together

to fall in step with someone

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une borne

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a marker
a marker stone
a landmark

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la cueillette

la cueillette des indices

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gathering, collection

collection of evidence

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le gré

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liking, preference

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débordé (adj)

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hard pressed for time

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loufoque (adj) slang

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crazy, wacky

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un gruyère

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kind of cheese with many holes

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anodin (adj)

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harmless, insignificant, unimportant

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affecter

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to affect
to assign
to allocate

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15
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mi-temps

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part-time

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la revanche

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revenge

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revancher

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to avenge

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la calvitie

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baldness

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l’épanouissement (m)

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blooming, development

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le contrecoup

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repercussion

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les propos (mp)

à propos…
à propos de…

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remarks

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ordurier (adj)

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foulmouthed

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le langage

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language, speech, parlance

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apaiser

s’apaiser

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to appease, soothe

to die down

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la paupière

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eyelid

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mi-clos (adj)

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half closed

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parcheminé (adj)

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papery

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la vieillesse

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old age

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il s’avère que…

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It transpires that…

It turns out that…

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30
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un fantasme

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a fantasy

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31
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en même temps que…

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at the same time as…

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32
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dorénavant

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henceforth

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un prélèvement

faire (ou effectuer) un prélèlement de sang

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a sample

to take a blood sample

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buter

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to stumble

to kill (colloquial)

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mobile (adj)

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mobile, moveable

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36
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un mobile

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a motive

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la justesse

la justesse d’une déscision

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accuracy, exactness

the correctness of a decision

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un parent

une parente

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a relation

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39
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la parenté

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relationship

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40
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un vernissage

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private viewing

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41
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un courtier

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broker (insurance, stock)

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42
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l’acharnement (m)

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fierceness

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43
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un/une homologue

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counterpart

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44
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entasser

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to pile up something

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45
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assoupir

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make drowsy

dim

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46
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les mamelles (f) (derogatory)

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tits

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syntonisé sur

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tuned to

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rocambolesque (adj)

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fantastic, incredible, unbelievable

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un signalement

un signalement de quelqu’un

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description

a description of someone

50
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en formation

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on a training course

51
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doter

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to endow

52
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doté de

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furnished with

53
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textuellement

A

verbatim

54
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infect (adj)

infecté (adj)

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vile, disgusting

infected

55
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abondamment

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amply, generously

56
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adonner

s’adonner à

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to addict

to devote oneself to

57
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la portée de

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the reach, extent, scope of

58
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un arbre

A

tree

shaft (as in drive shaft, camshaft etc)

59
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une cote

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a quotation (price)

60
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précoce (adj)

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precocious, forward

61
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une tête de pont

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a bridgehead

62
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rabougrir

rabougri

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to shrink, shrivel

shrunken, shrivelled

63
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un assentiment

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assent, consent, approval

64
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augurer

A

to bode

65
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léguer

léguer qqc à qqn

A

to bequeath, hand down

to leave something to someone

66
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décontenancé (adj)

A

taken aback

67
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un/une tortionnaire

A

torturer

68
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la rescousse

A

rescue

69
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infléchir

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to inflect, influence

70
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la corvée

A

drudgery

71
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l’allure (f)

A

bearing

72
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postuler

postuler auprès de
postuler à, pour

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to postulate
to apply

to apply for employment
to apply for

73
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coïncider

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to coincide

74
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un répartiteur

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distributor, wholesaler

75
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une entrevue

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a meeting, press conference

76
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une rente

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annuity, private income

77
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un/une garant(e)

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guarantor

guaranty

78
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criard (adj)

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piercing, garish

79
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réduire

A

to reduce

80
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écumer

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to skim

to foam

81
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informer

A

to inform

82
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affûter

A

to grind, sharpen

83
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conquérir

A

to conquer

84
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embusquer

s’embusquer

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to ambush, to hide in order to attack

to lie in ambush, to prepare to ambush

85
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dépourvu de… (adj)

A

devoid of…

lacking in…

86
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un complot

A

conspiracy

87
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surélever

A

to raise, heighten

88
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surélevé

A

raised

89
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délavé (adj)

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washed out, faded

90
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un pieu

A

post, stake

91
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le désarroi

A

distress, confusion

92
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un contretemps

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a setback, hindrance

93
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à temps

A

in time

94
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écarter

A

to discard

to put aside

95
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plancher sur

A

to work on

96
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un plancher

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a floor
a bottom (as in stocks)
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un baîllement

A

a yawn

98
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décharner

A

to emaciate

99
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égarer

A

to mislead

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planquer

se planquer

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to hide, stash something

to go into hiding

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un déclencheur

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trigger, release mechanism (concrete or figurative)

102
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l’appat (m)

appater

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bait

to lure with bait

103
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rajeunir

A

to rejuvenate

104
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énième (adj)

pour la énieme fois

A

umpteenth

for the umpteenth time

105
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planer

A

to smooth
to glide
to float

106
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aiguiller

A

to switch

107
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aiguillonner

A

to goad

108
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redevable de/à (adj)

A

indebted, beholden to

109
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bénéfique (adj)

être bénéfique à quelqu’un

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beneficial

to do someone good

110
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reculons (adv)

aller à reculons

A

backwards, in reverse

to go backwards, back up (literally, as with vehicle, or figuratively)

111
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participatif (adj)

A

participatory

112
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endosser

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to put on
to endorse
to assume

113
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pointer

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to point

to check off

114
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la maxime

A

maxim

115
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récapituler

A

to sum up

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