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un fléau

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Definition: curse, plague, bane; flail

Nos enfants connaîtront le fléau de la guerre - Our children will know the curse of war.

Il est le fléau de mon existence ! - He's the bane of my existence!

Utilisez-vous un fléau dans la ferme ? - Do you use a flail on the farm?

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