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1
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Interference

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L’ingérence

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Whip

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Le fouet

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Full force

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De plein fouet

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To boo

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Huer

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Mad/ unrestrained

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Effréné

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To fade/ dim

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S’estomper

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To chant

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Scander

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To seize / take

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S’emparer de

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To criticise / catch (criminal)

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Épingler

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Fiercely

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Farouchement

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To plunder/ steal

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Piller

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To hammer/ hammer home

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Marteler

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To preside/ hold sway over

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Régir

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Plausible/ likely

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Vraisemblable

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Sink

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L’évier

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Sample

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L’échantillon

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Livelihood

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Le gagne-pain

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Crâne

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La grue

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Stinging / pins and needles

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Le picotement

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To reduce to nothing

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Réduire à néant

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To repress/ suppress

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Réprimer

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To award

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Décerner

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To run away / do a runner

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Fuguer

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To pummel/ beat up

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Rouer

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Tea towel / rubbish (bad newspaper)

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Le torchon

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To strip Sb of

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Déchoir

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Probe

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La sonde

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28
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Loot

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Le butin

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Essay writer

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L’essayiste

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To reschedule/ move

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Décaler

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Boilermaker

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Le chaudronnier

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Welder

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Soudeur

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33
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Beaver

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Le castor

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34
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Exemption

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La dérogation

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35
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Childbirth/ labour

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L’accouchement

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36
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To swallow

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Déglutir

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37
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Messed up/ bashed up

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Amoché

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Gangster

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L’apache

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To stir up the crowd

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Haranguer la foule

40
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To have a field day

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Faire les choux gras

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To border on/ be near to

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Avoisiner

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Uprising/ lifting

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Le soulèvement

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Jubilation

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La liesse

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Equal

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Paritaire

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Fringe/ marginal group

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La frange

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To berth/ draw alongside

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Accoster

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To register

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Immatriculer

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To grumble/ complain

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Râler

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Revolt

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La fronde

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Shotgun

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Le fusil de chasse

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Allocution (formal speech/address)

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L’allocution

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By rule of thumb

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Au doigt mouillé

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Due date

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L’échéance

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To point at/ to

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Monter qqn du doigt

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To unstich

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Découdre

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To confront

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En découdre avec

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Fight

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La rixe

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Monk

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Un moine

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Misappropriation / embezzlement

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La malversation

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To slump/ tumble down

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Dégringoler

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To catch up/ make up for it/ redeem oneself

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Se rattraper

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To scrutinise/ go through

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Dépouiller

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The counting of votes

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Le dépouillement

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Vindication

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L’apologie

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To unwind/ let off steam

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Se défouler

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Soppy

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Mièvre

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Gullible (behind the times too)

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Cucul

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Sentimental/ soppy

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À l’eau de rose

69
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To diminish

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S’amenuiser

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Skin/ hide

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La dépouille

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Rubble/ ruins

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Décombres

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To stem from

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Découler de

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Legal appearance

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La comparution

74
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Prize list/ winners

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Le palmarès

75
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Unchangeable

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Immuable

76
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To be close to/ brush

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Frôler

77
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Cut off/ isolated

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Enclavé

78
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In flood

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En crue

79
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Wine merchant

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Le caviste

80
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Let’s get back on topic

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Revenons aux moutons

81
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Beating up

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Le passage à tabac

82
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To kneel down

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S’agenouiller

83
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To summon/ call in

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Convoquer

84
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Religious service/ duty

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L’office

85
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Jubilation

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La liesse

86
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Stable

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L’écurie

87
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Lighthouse/ beacon

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Le phare

88
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Bush/ shrub

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Le buisson

89
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Bramble

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La ronce

90
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Beak/ bill

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Le bec