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prétendu; prétendue
alleged (masc.; fem.)
grossier; grossière
rude (masc.; fem.)
le sauvetage
the saving
pervers; perverse
perverse (masc.; fem.)
sensiblement
significantly
léguer
to bequeath
prélever
to take a small amount of
se noyer
to drown
un abbé
an abbot
détecter
to detect
l'ignorance
the ignorance
sceptique
skeptical
le vôtre
yours
problématique
problematic
voiler
to veil
la nationalité
the nationality
capter
to capture; to get (slang)
s'envoler
to fly away
un pasteur
a pastor
activer
to activate
la chimie
(the) chemistry
erroné; erronée
erroneous (masc.; fem.)
un fantôme
a ghost
un serment
an oath
explicitement
explicitly
alerter
to alert
la vigilance
the vigilance
un roc
a rock
naviguer
to sail
un revers
a reverse; a backhand
l'aviation
the air force
la souplesse
the flexibility
respectueux; respectueuse
respectful (masc.; fem.)
la trahison
the treason
une réconciliation
a reconciliation
un sursis
a reprieve; a suspended sentence
simultanément
simultaneously
techniquement
technically
un os
a bone
une cote
a rating; a value
le débit
the debit; the flow
un symptôme
a symptom
délibérément
deliberately
écoute ...
listen...
un contingent
a contingent; a quota
un dictionnaire
a dictionary
émerger
to emerge
instruire
to instruct
inconscient; inconsciente
unconscious (masc.; fem.)
chaleureux; chaleureuse
warm; welcoming (masc.; fem.)
se déguiser
to disguise; to dress up
la fièvre
the fever
une vitre
a window pane
fantastique
fantastic
l'équité
the equity
soustraire
to subtract
instable
unstable
la vapeur
the steam
le beurre
the butter
un monument
a monument
une courbe
a curve
télévisé
broadcast; televised
consolider
to consolidate
muet; muette
mute (masc.; fem.)
un contrevenant; une contrevenante
an offender (masc.; fem.)
une offensive
an offensive
coder
to code
un gel
a gel
une rénovation
a renovation
une controverse
a controversy
médiocre
mediocre
une routine
a routine
le relais
the relay
un opposant; une opposante
an opponent (masc.; fem.)
en aval
downstream
une rubrique
a section; a column
un préfet
a prefect
une provocation
a provocation
filial
filial
un versant
a slope
la réticence
the unwillingness
une grossesse
a pregnancy
égyptien
Egyptian
un timbre
a stamp
découper
to chop; to cut
un distributeur
a distributor
l'élargissement
the enlargement
un sommaire
a summary; a table of contents
colonial; coloniale
colonial (masc.; fem.)
les pourparlers
the talks; the negotiations
incidence
the incidence
le béton
the concrete (material)
fiable
reliable
un génocide
a genocide
vingt-quatre
twenty-four; 24
dégrader
to damage
indifférent; indifférente
indifferent (masc.; fem.)
audacieux; audacieuse
bold; daring (masc.; fem.)
la poudre
the powder
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