5000 Flashcards by Sean Pedersen

sound, resonant, sonorous, voiced

sonore

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to initiate, introduce

initier

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morals, customs, habits, manners, ways, mores

des mœurs

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ceasefire

un cessez-le-feu

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volunteer, voluntary, unpaid

bénévole

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mud

une boue

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health, sanitary, medical

sanitaire

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emperor

un empereur

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to dispel, disperse, clear away

dissiper

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decline, deterioration

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to liquidate, sell off, clear

liquider

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maintenance, servicing

une maintenance

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predictable, forseeable

prévisible

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tire

un pneu

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fraud

une fraude

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to make out, catch a glimpse of, foresee

entrevoir

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to state, stipulate, specify

stipuler

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to cure, remedy, put right

remédier

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to float, hang, stream

flotter

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fraction

une fraction

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cotton

un coton

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conditional

conditionnel

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shade, hue, nuance

une nuance

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unlikely, improbable

improbable

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investigator, pollster

un enquêteur

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jointly

conjointement

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to brighten up, clear up

éclaircir

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impossibility

une impossibilité

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impatient

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payment

un versement

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to work, bash on

bosser

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to articulate

articuler

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successively

successivement

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brothel, mess, chaos

un bordel

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stock, supply, provision

une provision

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to amplify, magnify, expand

amplifier

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belt, waist

une ceinture

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intergovernmental

intergouvernemental

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deliberation, debate, consideration

une délibération

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Mexican

mexicain

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most certainly, assuredly

assurément

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seasonal

saisonnier

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underground, underground passage

souterrain

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marvel, wonder

une merveille

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to return, restore, refund

restituer

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demon, fiend

un démon

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to swing, sway, balance

balancer

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lord, seigneur

un seigneur

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infinitely

infiniment

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acquired, experience

acquis

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receiver, receiving, receptor

un récepteur

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sliding, slipping, skidding

un glissement

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auditor, listener

un auditeur

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native, local, indigenous

indigène

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availability, disposability

une disponibilité

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indirectly

indirectement

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obtaining, achievement

une obtention

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growing, increasing

grandissant

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grief, sorrow

un chagrin

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prostitute

prostitué

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chocolate

un chocolat

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soup

une soupe

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bravo, well done

bravo

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to dread, apprehend

appréhender

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fellow citizen

un concitoyen

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arrow

une flèche

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liberalization

une libéralisation

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luminous, illuminated; light

lumineux

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signatory

un/une signataire

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ski, skiing

un ski

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customs officer, customs

un douanier

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syndrome

un syndrome

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weather forecast

une météo

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to limit, confine

borner

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to triumph, beat

triompher

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plot, conspiracy

un complot

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submission

une soumission

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continually, continuously

continuellement

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to steal, hide, rob

dérober

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novelist

un romancier

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sorcerer, witch

un sorcier

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deposit, orders, detention, countersign

une consigne

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harmony

une harmonie

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to materialise, concretize

concrétiser

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to rain

pleuvoir

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to displease, be unhappy

déplaire

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innumerable, countless

innombrable

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congratulation

une félicitation

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unpublished; original, new, unedited

inédit

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lance

une lance

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blond, fair-haired

blond

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to vary, diversify

diversifier

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bike, bicycle

un vélo

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tiredness, fatigue

une fatigue

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instability

une instabilité

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to penalize, punish

pénaliser

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count (noble title)

un comte

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avid for, anxious to, desirous of

désireux

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bitter

amer

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orchestra

un orchestre

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tenth

dixième

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east

est

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to wrap, surround, veil, envelop

envelopper

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disturbing, troublesome

troublant

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land-related, land, fundamental

foncier

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irregular, uneven

irrégulier

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whip

un fouet

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to bathe, wash, get a bath, go for a swim

baigner

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fixation, fixing

une fixation

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training, framing, supervision

un encadrement

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to move

déménager

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to photograph

photographier

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insane

insensé

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to modernize

moderniser

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experimental

expérimental

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to be incumbent upon

incomber

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fallout, consequences, effects

une retombée

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(aesthetics, attractiveness;) attractive, aesthetic

esthétique

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to differentiate

différencier

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fan, range

un éventail

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pay; (sale; balance)

une solde

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to waste, spoil

gâcher

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regiment

un régiment

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to be equivalent, amount to

équivaloir

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upheaval

un bouleversement

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to relate, recount

relater

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decent, proper

décent

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eminent, distinguished

éminent

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Shiite

chiite

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to scratch, streak, stripe; to erase, strike out

rayer

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in concrete terms

concrètement

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backstage, wings, behind the scenes, coulisse

une coulisse

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to chain up, connect, string together, enchain

enchaîner

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school teacher

un instituteur

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site, location

un emplacement

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to copy, reproduce

copier

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to charge, inculpate

inculper

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renewal

un renouveau

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complete, unabridged, integral

intégral

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ratification

une ratification

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specification

une spécification

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documentation, literature

une documentation

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logically

logiquement

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spectrum, ghost

un spectre

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Dutch

néerlandais

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Swedish, Swede

suédois

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to reopen

rouvrir

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prospect, opportunity, opening

un débouché

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(twill; alternate; crusader;) crossed

croisé

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scourge, plague

un fléau

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crossing, traverse

une traversée

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to harmonize, harmonize with

harmoniser

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secretaryship, secretariat, secretarial offices, secretary’s office

un secrétariat

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soft

mou

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to avenge, take revenge

venger

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holder, possessor, bearer

un détenteur

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Basque

basque

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thirst

une soif

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accumulation, amassing, storage, stockpiling, build-up

une accumulation

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solar

solaire

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expansion, development, flight

un essor

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to obsess, haunt

obséder

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intolerable

intolérable

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rebellion

une rébellion

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preventive

préventif

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authoritarian

autoritaire

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pleasant, kind, nice, amiable

aimable

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conformity

une conformité

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trousers, pants

un pantalon

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abnormal

anormal

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inherent

inhérent

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to reconcile

réconcilier

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tank, reservoir

un réservoir

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designation

une désignation

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to bug, bother

emmerder

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flood, deluge, inundation

une inondation

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cable, wire

un câble

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lung

un poumon

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humble, lowly

humble

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disruption, disturbance, perturbation

une perturbation

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to mix-up, confuse, scramble

brouiller

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illustration

une illustration

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confession

un aveu

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farmer

un fermier

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to haunt

hanter

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cord, string, lead, cordon

un cordon

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harmful, ill-fated

néfaste

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to tire, weary, grow weary

lasser

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to influence, have an influence on

influer

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at present, presently

présentement

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assiduous, industrious, careful, applied, applied

appliqué

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to stop, halt

stopper

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Kurd, Kurdish

kurde

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funny, amusing, entertaining

amusant

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shiver, trembling, shaking

un tremblement

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rail, track

un rail

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basically, fundamentally, inherently

fondamentalement

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lamp, light

une lampe

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platform

une plate-forme

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triple

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to beg, implore, supplicate

supplier

multiplication

une multiplication

to cover up, conceal, camouflage

camoufler

cliché; (negative)

un cliché

diamond

un diamant

warrior; (warlike)

un guerrier

unchanged

inchangé

comical; (comic, comedian)

comique

planning

une planification

praise

un éloge

regrouping, reassembly

un regroupement

hateful, odious

odieux

disastrous

désastreux

to clot, coagulate, congeal, set, freeze

figer

nocturnal, nocturne

nocturne

configuration, layout

une configuration

to discount; to expect

escompter

intensive

intensif

scepticism

un scepticisme

plenary, full

plénier

athlete

un/une athlète

hair, bristle

un poil

to bloom, blossom

s’épanouir

to minimize, play down

minimiser

inevitably

inévitablement

informed

informé

cruise

une croisière

if need be

échéant

to murmur

murmurer

implanting, setting up, establishment, implantation, installation

une implantation

to award, give, issue

décerner

to replace, put back

replacer

Islam

un Islam

pavement

un trottoir

old man

un vieillard

little girl, girl

une fillette

to delight, enchant, rejoice

enchanter

monkey

un singe

superficial, shallow

superficiel

rigid, stiff

rigide

to clothe, dress, put on

vêtir

supply, provision

une fourniture

to tax

taxer

militia

une milice

fair

une foire

elegant, stylish

élégant

cream

une crème

demographic

démographique

charity

une charité

milestone, boundary stone

une borne

organic

organique

to devote, sacrifice oneself

dévouer

to quicken, hasten

hâter

mobility

une mobilité

outcast, (excluded)

un exclu

butcher; (to fill in, get clogged up)

un boucher

mentality

une mentalité

beginning, start, commencement

un commencement

dismissal, sacking

un licenciement

chancellor

un chancelier

deduction; restraint, self-control

une retenue

aim, design, sighting

une visée

denunciation

une dénonciation

beneficial

bénéfique

to exile

exiler

rock, boulder

un rocher

mortality, death rate

une mortalité

cruelty

une cruauté

unfortunate, regrettable

regrettable

to drug, take drugs

droguer

wound, sore, plague

une plaie

comfort

un confort

comprehensible, understandable

compréhensible

tube

un tube

trunk, boot, chest

un coffre

to intimidate

intimider

eighth

huitième

to connect, go on-line

connecter

to perish

périr

notorious, well-known

notoire

graph, graphic

graphique

cancellation, annulment

une annulation

acceptance

une acceptation

textile

un textile

to forge, contrive, make up

forger

surgeon

un chirurgien

storm, thunderstorm

un orage

ball

une boule

mediation, arbitration

une médiation

to suppress, repress

réprimer

foyer, lobby, hall

un hall

visual

visuel

save, but

hormis

formerly, long ago

jadis

to remunerate, pay

rémunérer

to fascinate

fasciner

dilemma

un dilemme

progressive [not “progressif”]

progressiste

semblance, pretence

un semblant

bear

un ours

to exceed

excéder

to blame, reprimand

blâmer

duke

un duc

racist

raciste

stress

un stress

non-existent

inexistant

to unload, discharge

décharger

Danish, Dane

danois

to grant, concede

concéder

to deduct, remove; to entrench

retrancher

to contain, shut, lock, enclose

renfermer

old age

une vieillesse

theoretically

théoriquement

traditionally

traditionnellement

battery; drum set

une batterie

liver

un foie

free, gratuitously

gratuitement

incomprehensible

incompréhensible

bend, curve, detour

un détour

shuttle

une navette

joke

une blague

displeasure, dissatisfaction

un mécontentement

to unveil, open, inaugurate

inaugurer

bend, twist, wrinkle, fold, fallback

un repli

counterpart, opposite, alternative

une contrepartie

proportional

proportionnel

boulevard

un boulevard

triumph

un triomphe

free trade

un libre-échange

sincerity

une sincérité

greenhouse

une serre

golden

doré

convoy, train

un convoi

outcome, result

un aboutissement

psychology

une psychologie

to manhandle, ill-treat, misuse, slight, maltreat

maltraiter

well, shaft, pit

un puits

privacy, intimacy

une intimité

equation

une équation

moist, damp, humid, wet

humide

livestock, cattle

un bétail

prophet

un prophète

earthling; landowner, countryman

terrien

cake

un gâteau

continental

to reiterate, repeat

réitérer

to enumerate

énumérer

job vacancy, hiring

une embauche

verdict

un verdict

nineteen

dix-neuf

mike, micro, microphone

un micro

to frustrate

frustrer

Anglo-Saxon

anglo-saxon

release, relaxation, détente, loosening

une détente

to question

questionner

to inject

injecter

loss, harm, damage

un préjudice

to watch over, watch out for

guetter

exploration, investigation, examination

une exploration

to fondle, caress

caresser

hymn, anthem

un hymne

safe

sécuritaire

famine

une famine

to exclaim, cry out

s’écrier

fluently, commonly

couramment

haste, precipitation

une précipitation

deposit, guarantee, bail

une caution

appointment, allocation; show, pretence

une affectation

bastard

un salaud

cellar, basement

une cave

leap, (rebound, bound)

un bond

inclined, prone

enclin

lightning

une foudre

accuracy, precision [not “précision”]

une justesse

annuity, pension

une rente

hepatitis

une hépatite

armoured

blindé

clan

un clan

acceleration

une accélération

garage

un garage

resolutely

résolument

negotiator

un négociateur

romantic

romantique

darkness, obscurity

une obscurité

vulgar, common, popular

vulgaire

cleaning, cleansing

un nettoyage

ferocious, fierce

féroce

perpetual, everlasting, never-ending

perpétuel

to militate, be militant

militer

jungle

une jungle

box, hut, field

une case

to creak, squeak, crackle, give in, strike

craquer

seventy

soixante-dix

to clarify

clarifier

trade, draft, stretch, milking

une traite

start, moving off

un démarrage

forgetting, leaving behind, missing

un oubli

minutes, statement

un procès-verbal

crest, top, ridge

une crête

formality

une formalité

far-off, distant, faraway

distant

transmitter, issuer

un émetteur

assembly, setting, pitching, putting, editing, mounting

un montage

energetic

énergique

to flap, bang, slam, snap

claquer

insensitive

insensible

to stumble, trip, run into, prop up, score

buter

bubble

une bulle

unfavorable

défavorable

promoter, instigator, developer

un promoteur

Albanian

albanais

obsession

une obsession

to arouse, waken, excite, turn on

exciter

simplicity, straightforwardness

une simplicité

know-how

savoir-faire

severely, harshly [not “durement”]

sévèrement

crushing, overwhelming

écrasant

sold, bribed

vendu

ammunition, supplies

une munition

to capture, catch

capturer

compliment

un compliment

neighborhood, vicinity

un voisinage

to shock, scandalize

scandaliser

cassette

une cassette

foreign national, foreign resident, resident

un résident

to bustle about, hasten to do

s’empresser

to flood, inundate

inonder

to regulate, control

réglementer

to probe, poll, sound out

sonder

vigilant, watchful

vigilant

to allocate

allouer

cage

une cage

regular, steady, well-ordered, ruled

réglé

TV viewer

un téléspectateur

golf, golf course

un golf

forest, forester

forestier

um, uh

hum

to ravage, devastate

ravager

rhetorical, rhetoric

rhétorique

waking up, awakening, alarm clock

un réveil

to follow, result, ensue

ensuivre

statement, list; (relieved; put in relief; rolled up)

un relevé

to adjourn, defer, postpone

ajourner

deterioration

une détérioration

viable, workable

viable

pig

un cochon

racial

atrocious

atroce

civil; civics

civique

to anchor

ancrer

to hang up

raccrocher

circus; cirque

un cirque

legislature

une législature

barbaric; barbarian

barbare

to confine, to border

confiner

to enlarge, extend [not “élargir”]

agrandir

to cause, give rise to

occasionner

lightening, unweighting, reduction, alleviation

un allégement

smart, shrewd, cunning

malin

productive, efficient [not “productif” / “efficace”]

performant

audio-visual

audiovisuel

to cook, bake, roast

cuire

to shave, raze

raser

to live again, come back to life, revive

revivre

piano

un piano

meeting, consultation

une concertation

ship, vessel [not “navire”]

un vaisseau

interaction

une interaction

serenity, peacefulness

une sérénité

wake, slipstream

un sillage

synonymous; (synonym)

synonyme

to hoist, raise up

hisser

to accept, approve of [not “approuver”]

agréer

despair; summit, overmeasure; roof

un comble

pessimistic; (pessimist)

pessimiste

insignificant, unimportant

insignifiant

to take off; to loosen, unstick

décoller

interdependent, jointly dependent, solidary

solidaire

railway, rail

ferroviaire

to skin, strip away, deprive, analyze

dépouiller

Bosnian

bosniaque

to develop, plan, fit, adjust

aménager

agitation, excitement

une agitation

exodus

un exode

surface, area

une aire

cereal

une céréale

socialism

un socialisme

harmonization

une harmonisation

temporarily, provisionally

provisoirement

cocktail, cocktail party

un cocktail

average

une moyenne

to laugh

rigoler

pride

un orgueil

compression; cutback, reduction

une compression

to experiment

expérimenter

to deteriorate

détériorer

deliberately, on purpose, intentionally; express

exprès

thoughtful, well thought out

réfléchi

to collapse, tumble

écrouler