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Excising

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Excision
Ablation
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Conceal

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Cacher

Dissimuler

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Indictment

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Inculpation
Mise en examen
Accusation

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Dubious

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Doubtful 
Douteux
Suspect
Hésitant 
Incertain
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Corroborate

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Corroborer

Confirmer

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Reliable

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Fiable

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Dissemble

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Ruser, dissimuler

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Conspire

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Conspirer

Comploter

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Fleeting

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Very brief

Passager

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Untapped

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Inexploité

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Hortatory

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Instructif

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Abstruse

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abstrus ; inintelligible ; incompréhensible ; obscur ; abscons

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Trifling

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Insignifiant

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Extant

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Existant

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Render

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Rendre

Make
Express
Provide

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Unwittingly

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Sans le savoir

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Even integer

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Entier pair

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Odd integer

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Entier impair

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Tedious

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Fastidieux

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20
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Foible

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Travers
Faiblesse

Foibles of this country

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Flaws

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Défauts

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Withhold

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Refuser (support, consent, permission)
Dissimuler (évidence)
Retenir (money)
Suspendre le paiement de (rent)

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Keep abreast

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Tenir au courant

Stay abreast =être au courant

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Erratically

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De manière irrégulière
De manière imprévisible

Police stopped him for driving erratically

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Nonchalantly
Non chaland | Avec insouciance
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Diffident
Qui manque d’assurance, timide
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Stanch
Limiter Stanch the flow of drugs Stanch the bleeding
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Taciturn
Taciturne | Qui reste silencieux, n’est pas d’humeur à faire la conversation
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With alacrity
Avec empressement | An eager willingness to do something
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Rhapsody
Loge délirant
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Devolve
Déléguer
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Troubling
Dérangeant | Inquiétant
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Ant
Fourmi
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Ant-heap, ant-hill
Fourmilière
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Disruption
Perturbation (plan, meeting, lesson)
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Quandary
Difficulté To be in a quandary= être dans l’embarras
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Discrepancy
Divergence (between versions, opinions) | Différence dans qch
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Predicament
Situation difficile
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Novelty
Nouveauté
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To be fixated on sth
Être obsédé par qch
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Deleterious
Délétère | Nocif
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Substantive
Principal
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Detrimental
Préjudiciable Délétère Nuisible
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Zealot
Fanatique | Admiration passionnée, enthousiaste
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Layperson
Profane | Personne qui n’est pas initié à l’art/la science dont il est question
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Sycophant
Flagorneur | Qui flatte bassement et avec insistance
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Adulator
Adulateur | Qui flatte bassement ou de manière excessive
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Egotist
Égotiste | Narcissisme
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Braggart
Vantard
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Coward
Lache
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Responsive
Réactif
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Incentive
Incitatif Encouragement Motivation
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Boast
Nom: une fanfaronnade Verbe: Se vanter, prôner
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Whomsoever
Quiconque
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