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201 Vocabulaire Essentiel Flashcards

1
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Certes

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Of course; indeed

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Élu(e)

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Elected

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Un dédale

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A maze

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Être bien loti(e)

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To be fortunate

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Côtoyer

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To rub shoulders with

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Un caniche

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Poodle

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Un homme d’affaire

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A businessman

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Guindé(e)

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Stiff; unnatural

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Opérer

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To effect; bring about

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La fumée

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Smoke

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Un défilé

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A parade

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Branché(e)

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Cool; trendy

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Un préfet

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A prefect

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Limitrophe

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Bordering

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Impensable

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Unthinkable

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Inconvenant

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Improper

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Balnéaire

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Seaside

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Une ébauche

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A draft

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Entres autres

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Amongst other things

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Trôner

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To sit enthroned; imposingly

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Ériger

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To erect; raise

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À ce propos

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In this respect

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Pompeusement

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Pompously

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Déboulonner

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To unbolt; take down (a statue)

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En tenue de

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Dressed as, clad in

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Histoire de

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As a way to…, just to…

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Un coup d’éclat

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To pull off a coup

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Un cabestan

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A capstan

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Une poulie

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A pulley

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Du fumier

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Manure

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31
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Le démantèlement

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The dismantling (of something)

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Une traite

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An instalment; payment

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33
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Saisi

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Seized

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34
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Un soulèvement

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An uprising; revolt

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35
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Les agapes

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A feast

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36
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S’attabler

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To sit down at the table

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Batailler

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To fight, to battle

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Primer

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To award a prize to

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Ripailler

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To have a feast

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40
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Un convive

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A guest (at a meal)

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41
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À la rescousse

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To the rescue

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42
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La tambouille

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Grub

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Épauler

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To second, assist, support someone

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En guise de

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By way of

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Un brochet

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A pike

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De la volaille

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Poultry

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47
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Farci

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Stuffed

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poêlée

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Pan-fried

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49
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Un cèpe

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A cep (mushroom)

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Une nappe

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Tablecloth

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51
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Dépêché

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Dispatched

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52
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Récidiver

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To commit a second, subsequent offence

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53
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Proférer

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To utter

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54
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Approvisionner

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To supply; provide with

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55
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Rayonner

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To spread around, radiate from

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56
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La halle

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A (covered) market

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57
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Un puits

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A well

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58
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Un(e) pensionnaire

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A boarder

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Céder

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To cede, let someone have something

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Recouvrer

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To recover, regain

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61
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Opiniâtre

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Stubborn, obstinate

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62
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Les badauds

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Onlookers, strollers

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63
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Un caviste

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A wine seller, cellarman

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Le terroir

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The region, soil

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65
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Un ostréiculteur

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An oyster farmer

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Affamé(e)

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Starving

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Éprouvante

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Gruelling

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L’enceinte

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The enclosure

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Un chapelet

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A rosary, a string

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Une guinguette

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An open-air cafe (with dance floor)

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Avoir l’embarras du choix

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To be spoilt for choice

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Un auvent

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A canopy

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Un pilier

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A pillar, cornerstone, symbol

74
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Une façade

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The facade, front of

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Prospère

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Flourishing, striving, prosperous

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S’étioler

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To decline, to deteriorate

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Un cloaque

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Cesspit, cesspool, cloaca

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Atteindre des sommets

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To rise to historic heights

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S’efforcer

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To try hard to do something

80
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Redouter

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To dread

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L’embourgeoisement

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Gentrification

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Désuet

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Old-fashioned, outmoded

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Un recoin

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Corner, nook, recess

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Un chardon

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A thistle

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Flâner

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To stroll, amble

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Dériver

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To drift

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Enfumé

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Smoky

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Emprunter

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To borrow

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Une épicerie

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A grocery store

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(Être) encarté

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To be a card carrying member of something

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Prier qqn de + infinitive

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To ask, request someone to do something

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Une facette

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Facet, side, aspect

93
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La quintessence de qqch

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Epitome, quintessence, very essence of something

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Prisé

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(Highly) valued for something

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Éponyme

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Eponymous (of the same name)

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Ravir

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To delight

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Un cadenas

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A padlock

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Valoir le détour

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To be worth the detour

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Bondé

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Packed, jam-packed

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S’imprégner de qqch

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To become immersed, imbued with

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En matière de

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As regards to something

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Deçu

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Disappointed

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S’assurer de qqch

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To make sure of something

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Couper le souffle

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To be breathtaking

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D’emblée

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Straight away, right away, instantly

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S’imposer

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To be necessary, called for

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Haut de gamme

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Upmarket, top of the range

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Regorger

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To overflow with, to abound with

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S’il en est

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If any, if ever there were one

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Un fleuron

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A jewel

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Entretenir

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To maintain, foster

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Pointu

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(Very) narrowly specialised, targeted

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Cossu

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Affluent, well off, wealthy

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Embaumer

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To be fragrant, heavy with the scent of

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Incarner

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To embody, to personify

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Des escarpins

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Pumps

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S’encanailler

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To loosen up, slum it, mix with the riff-raff

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S’accouder

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To lean (ones elbows) on something

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Jaser

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To gossip, chatter

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Une cohue

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Crowd, throng

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Une diligence

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Stagecoach

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Pesamment

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Heavily

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Attelé

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Harnessed

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Une bâche

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A canvas sheet

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Broyer

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To crush, grind, mill

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La chaussée

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Roadway, road surface

127
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Un briquet

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Lighter

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Se ruer

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To rush, dash, charge

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Un vacarme

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Din

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Décacheter

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To open, unseal, break open

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Puéril

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Childlike, infantile

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Gémir

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To moan

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Prodigue

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Slender, spend thrift, extravagant, profligate

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Vertueux

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Virtuous, righteous, honourable

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Fougueux

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Spirited, fiery, impetuous

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Un abîme

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An abyss

137
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La Patrie

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Homeland, motherland

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Vénérer

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To worship, revere

139
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Garder rancune à qqn

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To bear, harbour a grudge against sb.

140
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Rompre le silence

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To break the silence

141
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Une farce

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Joke, prank, trick

142
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Méconnu

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Little-known

143
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Les abords (m)

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Surroundings

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L’essor

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Rise, rapid growth, expansion

145
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À l’instar de qqch

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Like somebody, following the example of somebody

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Une folie

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Folly

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Le socle

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Base

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Une frise

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Frieze

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Voûté

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Arched, vaulted

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Des amants

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Lovers

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Apaisant

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Soothing, calming

152
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La ferronerie

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Wrought-iron, iron work

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Déboucher sur qqch

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To lead to, open into

154
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L’ascension (f)

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Climb, ascent

155
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Net

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Clear, distinct, definite

156
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L’Orée (f)

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Cusp, edge, beginning

157
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Malfamé

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Disreputable, of ill repute

158
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Un fléau

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Plague

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Un fêtard

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Party-goer

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La crasse

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Filth, squalor

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Une bulle

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Bubble

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Le militantisme

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Militantism, activism

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Une manif

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