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natal; natale
native (masc.; fem.)
l'humour
humour
une défaillance
a misstep; a failure
transitoire
transient
une cabine
a cabin
un fardeau
a burden
un héritier; une héritière
an heir; an heiress
un apport
a contribution
le remboursement
the refund; the reimbursement
hélas
alas
fondre
to melt
une occurrence
an occurrence
authentique
authentic
attentivement
attentively
confortable
comfortable
un échelon
a step; a rung (ladder)
fonctionnel; fonctionnelle
functional; practical (masc.; fem.)
une panne d'essence
running out of petrol
adieu
farewell
entre-temps
in the meantime
insérer
to insert
un litre
a liter
le suivi
the follow-up; the monitoring
une variation
a variation
productif; productive
productive (masc.; fem.)
un groupement
a grouping
un confrère; une consœur
a colleague; a peer (masc.; fem.)
un déploiement
a deployment
impuissant; impuissante
powerless; helpless (masc.; fem.)
la restauration
the restoration
haïr
to hate
la marée
the tide
souscrire à
to sign up for; to subscribe to
la modernisation
the modernisation
un suffrage
a vote; suffrage
spontané; spontanée
spontaneous (masc.; fem.)
joyeux; joyeuse
joyful (masc.; fem.)
concilier
to conciliate
la tristesse
the sadness
le diable
the devil
sombrer
to sink; to go down
un photographe; une photographe
a photographer
libanais
Lebanese
les archives
the archives
l'asile
the asylum; the refuge
un rapporteur; une rapporteuse
a tattle-tale (masc.; fem.)
l'indemnisation
the compensation (legal)
harceler
to harass
honteux; honteuse
ashamed; shameful (masc.; fem.)
un portable
a mobile phone
précoce
precocious; precipitate
une qualification
a qualification
une insulte
an insult
planer
to glide; to hover
un stage
an internship
dédier
to dedicate
un cahier
a notebook
l'exil
the exile
un artisan; une artisane
a craftsman; a craftswoman
rassurant; rassurante
reassuring (masc.; fem.)
un remède
a remedy
un composant
a component
carrément
bluntly; completely
hurler
to yell
le yen
the yen
gras
greasy; fat
médiatique
media-related
une statue
a statue
une frappe
a strike; a hit
économiquement
economically
efficacement
effectively
un golfe
a gulf
l'ambiance
the ambiance
coopérer
to cooperate
le bus
the bus
septième
seventh; 7th
l'industrialisation
the industrialization
charmant
charming
marginal; marginale
marginal (masc.; fem.)
un comptable; une comptable
an accountant (masc.; fem.)
l'isolement
the isolation
modérer
to moderate
une façade
a facade
le porc
the pork
l'appartenance
the belonging
une émeute
a riot
constructif; constructive
constructive (masc.; fem.)
minime
minimal; negligible
un volant
a steering wheel
la mobilisation
the rallying; the call-up
tâcher
to stain
le racisme
the racism
la mairie
the town hall
l'aptitude
the ability
la fumée
the smoke
le ralentissement
the speed reduction
la récession
the recession
convaincant
convincing
un sou
money; a penny
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