Revision for A2 Retake Flashcards

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company director

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un chef d’entreprise

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employee

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un salarié

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gap

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un fossé

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indicator

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un indicateur

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eco-freak

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un écolo

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bank account

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le compte en banque

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homeless people

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les sans-abri

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fulfilment

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l’épanouissement

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the elderly

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le troisième age

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rent

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le loyer

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fairtrade

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le commerce équitable

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buying power

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le pouvoir d’achat

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the privileged

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les privilégiés

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pensioners

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les retraités

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illiterate people

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les analphabètes

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16
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les clochards

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tramps

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les ivrognes

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drunkards

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les demandeurs d’emploi

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job seekers

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19
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les ménages

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households

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20
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la chaleur

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heat

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21
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la société de consommation

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consumer society

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22
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la croissance

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growth

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23
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la pauvreté

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poverty

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24
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la misère

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poverty

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25
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la réinsertion

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rehabilitation

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26
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la jet-set

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jet-setters

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27
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l’exclusion

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exclusion

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28
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l’addition

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bill/sum/addition

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29
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l’expulsion

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eviction

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30
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les inégalités

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inequalities

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31
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undesirable

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indésirable

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32
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unfair/disgusting

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révoltant

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33
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unacceptable

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inacceptable

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34
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rewarded

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récompensé

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35
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scandalous

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scandaleux

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36
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unquestionable

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indéniable

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37
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inconceivable

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inconcevable

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38
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trendy

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branché

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39
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able-bodied

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valide

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40
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victim of a disaster

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sinistré

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41
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run-down

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vétuste

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42
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deprived

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démuni

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43
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dependent

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dépendant

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44
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free

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libre

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45
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obsessed (by)

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obsédé (par)

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ambitieux

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ambitious

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lorsque

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when

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supprimer

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to remove

49
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traiter comme du bétail

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to treat like animals

50
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atteindre

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to reach

51
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avouer

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to admit

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arriver à

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to manage/ succeed

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forcement

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necessarily

54
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sinon

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otherwise

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vulnérable

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vulnerable

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déséspéré

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hopeless/desperate

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piégé

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trapped

58
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provisoire

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temporary

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nourrir

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to feed

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joindre les deux bouts

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to make ends meet

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to contribute

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contribuer

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to change attitudes

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changer les mentalités

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to eat one’s fill

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manger à sa faim

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to embarrass

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gêner

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to ignore

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ignorer

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to bring in money

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rapporter

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to get rid of

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se débarrasser de

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to become rich

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s’enrichir

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to invest oneself into

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s’investir

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to marginalise

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marginaliser

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to evict

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expulser

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to maintain

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entretenir

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relationship

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un rapport

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to criticise

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critiquer

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to beg

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mendier / faire la manche

76
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avoir les moyens de

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to afford / have the means to

77
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se ruiner

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to lose everything

78
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indigne

A

unacceptable

79
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se donner la peine de

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to go to the trouble of

80
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la notoriété

A

fame

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la liste d’attente

A

waiting list

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la précarité

A

insecurity

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abri

A

shelter

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par rapport à

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compared with/to (not comparé avec)

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pas forcément

A

not necessarily

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caritatif

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charitable

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un camion

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a lorry

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un moyen

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a means/way

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un fourgon

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a van

90
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le soutien

A

support

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voluntary workers

A

les bénévoles

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voluntary work

A

le bénévolat

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guaranteed minimum wage

A

le SMIC

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minimum benefit

A

le RMI

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social housing

A

le logement social

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food parcels

A

les colis alimentaires

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wages

A

les revenus

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solidarity

A

la solidarité

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benefits

A

les allocations

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state benefits

A

les aides sociales

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organisations

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les associations

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to resort to

A

avoir recours à

103
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to solve the problem

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régler le problème

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to fight

A

combattre

105
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to struggle

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lutter

106
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accueillir

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to accommodate/welcome

107
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rencontrer

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to encounter

108
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retrouver

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to meet up with (sb) / greet

109
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se rencontrer

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to become acquainted

110
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recueillir des fonds

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to collect money