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1
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chiper

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to pinch, to nick

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courant (adj)

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common, everyday, usual, ordinary

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un courant

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current, flow, wave, movement

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une puce

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flea

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un cliché

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a snapshot, picture

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un raid

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long distance hike/walk, trek, military attack

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la carosserie

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car body

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une fouille

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a baggage search, a frisk

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inculper

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to charge, to accuse

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un cachot

A

dungeon, solitary confinement, cell

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un virage

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bend, turn, curve, shift (fig)

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un poursuivant

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a pursuer

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malin

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smart, shrewd, clever, cunning, malignant

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hurler

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shout, scream, howl

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ça gaze

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awesome, great

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ça gaze?

A

how are things?

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pourvu que

A

provided that, let’s hope that

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rebrousser chemin

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to turn back, to retrace one’s steps

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pareil

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the same, identical

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sans pareil

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without parallel, unique, peerless

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échéance

A

due date

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une bobine

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a spool, a bobbin, a reel, someone’s face

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boulotter

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to eat

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le moindre

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the slightest

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moindre

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lower, lesser

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un cabot

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cur, hound, dog

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maudit

A

wretched, damnable, cursed

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maudire

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to curse

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une chute

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fall, drop, loss, downfall

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fourrer

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to jam, to stuff, to shove, to line, to fill

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un soigné

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a sick person, patient, the sick

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soigné

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tidy, neat, well-dressed, smart, conscientious, meticulous (or for an illness: bad)

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épouvanter

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to horrify, to scare, to dismay, to terrify

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sauter

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to jump

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un tas

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a pile, a heap

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fournir

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to supply, to furnish

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la ferraille

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scrap iron

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débrouillard

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crafty, resourceful, wiley

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breveter

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to patent

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prévenu

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biased, prejudiced, the accused

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prévenir qch

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prevent, forestall, stop, avert, anticipate, foresee

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morne

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gloomy, dismal

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guérir

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to heal, to cure

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hors

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outside, beyond

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pourtant

A

yet, even, though

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46
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la paille

A

straw

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47
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avaler

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to swallow

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faire parvenir

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to send, to forward

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parvenir

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to reach, to get as far as, to succeed

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un pli

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a letter, a fold, a crease

51
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éveiller

A

to wake

52
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la serrure

A

the lock

53
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chipoter

A

to pick at

54
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tiens

A

damn, well

55
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pincer

A

to pinch

56
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enfoncer

A

to knock down, break down, sink

57
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flanquer

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to fling, to chuck, to give, to flank

58
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fétus de paille

A

wisps of straw

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un châtiment

A

penalty, punishment

60
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retrouver

A

to find again, to rediscover

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un chemin

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a path, a way, a track

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ainsi

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thus, in this way, like this

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un égout

A

a sewer

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aisément

A

easily, comfortably

65
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puisque

A

since, seeing as

66
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faire le poirier

A

to do a handstand

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le poirier

A

pear tree

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un sacripant

A

rascal

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secouer

A

to shake

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un prunier

A

a plum tree

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les draps

A

sheets, bed linen

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botter

A

to kick, to boot

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flûte

A

drat

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semer

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to lose, to scatter, to spread, to shake off

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pan

A

bang (gun)

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réglé

A

settled, resolved

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reconduire

A

to take home, to drive home, to renew

78
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un obus

A

artillery shell

79
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une bougie

A

a candle

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une bielle

A

a connecting rod

81
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s’encrasser

A

get dirty, get clogged

82
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poliment

A

politely

83
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déposer

A

to drop off, to leave, to deposit, to file

84
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avoir des nouvelle de

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to hear from, to have news from

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déposer une plainte

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to lodge a complaint

86
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Le supplice

A

Torture, torment

87
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dévoiler

A

To unveil, to reveal, to disclos

88
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En avant

A

Let’s go, forward, in front

89
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rougir

A

To redden, to blush

90
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chauffer

A

To heat up, to boil

91
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avouer

A

To confess, to own up, to admit

92
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un scaphandre

A

A diving suit, a spacesuit

93
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Au fond

A

At the end, essentially, at heart, at the bottom

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un truc

A

A thing

95
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enfiler

A

To put on, to pull on

96
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La ficelle

A

The string

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un caillou

A

a pebble, a stone, a rock

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un bourbier

A

A bog

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infect

A

foul, revolting

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une bêtise

A

Nonsense, silly thing, stupidity

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soustraire

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to remove, to take away, to subtract

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un matelas

A

A mattress

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Fouiller

A

To conduct a search for, to rummage

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moisir

A

To rot, to gather dust

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Malsain

A

Unhealthy

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Gâter

A

To soil, to rot

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Se gâter

A

To take a turn for the worse

108
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La secousse

A

The tremor

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transi

A

Numb, transfixed

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Creux

A

Hollow, deep, empty

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un farceur

A

A prankster

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un fiel

A

Venom, bite

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Aise

A

Pleasure, ease, delighted

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une caisse

A

A crate

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enfouir

A

To bury

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Lâche

A

Weak, feeble, cowardly

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un tuyau

A

A pipe, a hose

118
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Une échelle

A

A ladder

119
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Enfoncer

A

To sink, to dig