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minor

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mineure

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great

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redoutable

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specialised

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pointus

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secure

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sécurisant

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early/premature

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précoce

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thirsty

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assoiffe

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loud

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bruyament

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everyday

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quotidien

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tameable

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domptable

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persuasive

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convaincant

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obediant

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obéissant

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irritating

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embêtant

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lame

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ringard

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effective

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effectif

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switched on/plugged in

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branché

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slim

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élancé

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wet

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mouillé

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surrounding

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environnant

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real

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réel

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halfway

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mi-chemin

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be breathless

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être à bout de souffle

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unpublished

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inédite

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surprising

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suprenant

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bare/naked

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nue

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annoying/irritating

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énervant

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widowed

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veuf

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light (weight)

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léger

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delghtful

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ravissant

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dazing, marvellous, blinding

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éblouissant

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terribly/dreadfully

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affreuse

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drunk

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ivres

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deriliously happy

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ivre de joie

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weary/fed up

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las

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formed

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conçu

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deep/thoughtful

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profond

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hollow/empty

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creux

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sly/fierece

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farouche

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peaceful

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paisible

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refined

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recherchée

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arrogant/proud

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orgueilleux

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sudden/immediate

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subite

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emaciated/scraggy (flanked by line of models)

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efflanqué

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ghastly/appaling

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épouvantable

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temporary

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provisoire

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sudden

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soudain

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exhausting

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accablant

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heavy/bulky

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pesant

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verteux

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virtuous

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resentful/spiteful

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rancunier

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undone

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défait

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weak/cowardly

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veule

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terse/short and sharp (lapin is terse; not enough air)

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lapidaire

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crimson

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craimoisi

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sumptous

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fastueuse

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joyful

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réjouissant

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inexhaustible

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inépuisable

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pregnant

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enceinte

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dirty

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sale

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disrespectful/indignant

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outrageants

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à sens unique

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one-way

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thirlling/gripping

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palpitant

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wide/broad

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large

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lucky (inf)

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veinard

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daft, crazy (inf.), corrupt, blemished (tara is corrupt)

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taré

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watered

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arrosé

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stuffy, stifling (hot)

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étouffant

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golden

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dorée

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strong

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puissant

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sullen, sour (frog)

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renfrogne

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dirty

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sale

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guard, duty

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gard

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kid (inf.) ball (testicle, quebecois)

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gosse

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species, type

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espèce

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mug, face

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gueule

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lip

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lèvre

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stroke, deal, shot, blow, punch

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coup

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ennemi

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enemy

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cop, copper, pig

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flic

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look, glance

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regard

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give off, release (a smell), reach (an agreement) (degas gave off a smal off fat (zhyr) so we reached an agreement for him not to eat fries)

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dégager

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appear, seem

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paraître

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keep quiet about

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taire

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be bad-tempered

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avoir un sale caractère

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look awful/rotten

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avoir une sale tète

85
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suffer badly, go through hell

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passer une sale quart

86
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creep, pig

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sale type

87
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filthy weather

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sale temps

88
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brat

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sale gosse

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childhood dream

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rêve de gosse

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threatened species

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espèce menacée

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have a hangover/a thick head

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avoir la gueulle de bois

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for sure (inf)

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a coup sur

93
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feel the effects, be affected

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accuser le coup

94
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impulse buy

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achat coup de cœur

95
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fall madly in love

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avoir un coup de foudre pour qqn

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it’s worth it

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ça vaut le coup

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it’s worth having a look at

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ça vaut le coup d’œil

98
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helping hard

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coup de main

99
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at first sight

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au premier regard

100
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clear (the roads), emerge

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se dégager

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look your best

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paraître a son avantage

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will you be quiet!

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veux-tu te taire!

103
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you should have kept you mouth shut

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tu as rate l’occasion de te taire

104
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to be down in the dump (living in the dump, have a cocroach friend)

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avoir le cafard

105
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it goes without saying

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il va de soi

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disrespectful, indignant

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outrageants

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harm, damage

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s’endommager

108
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give out, fail, weaken (this flan is too cher, ut if i don’t buy it my legs will give out)

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flancher

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one-way

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a sens unique

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turn off (the road), forks

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bifurquer

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hinder, get it (inf)

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entraver

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bitten, buff, addict, fan

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mordu

113
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damage

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abîmer

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give out under the weight of

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flancher sous le poids de

115
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organization (group), prescription, order

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la ordonnance

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backfire (lighting your farts on fire will backfire you retard)

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pétarader

117
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to scratch

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égratigner

118
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pain, grief, distress

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la douleur

119
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to sparkle (tinsel)

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étinceler

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to wear down, wear away

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user

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vertigo

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vertige

122
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to maintain, support

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entretenir

123
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rubble, debris (rubble de combs)

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décombres

124
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to stroll about

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déambuler

125
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it very nearly happened

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il s’en est fallu de peu que (qqch ne arriver pas)

126
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he is far from being

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il s’en faut de beaucoup qu’il soit

127
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to converse about

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s’entretenir de

128
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the open sea

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le large

129
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broad-minded

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large d’esprit

130
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pencil case (underwear (trusy) in pencil case)

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la trousse

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to sow, spread (confusion)

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semer

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riddled with (difficulties)

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semé de

133
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full of (negative)

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parsemé de

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act up, play up

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faire des siennes

135
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one who falls in love easily

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un cœur d’artichaut

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tighten up, clutch, grasp

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serrer

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glaze (glazes les vitrines with honey)

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vitrer

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clumsy, ungainly (clumsy like a potato)

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pataud

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boucles

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curls, ringlets

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to guillotine, trim (messi trimming his coat)

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massicoter

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press smth against smth, flatten, dump (boy)

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plaquer

142
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margin

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la marge

143
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chin

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le menton

144
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at the same time

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a la fois

145
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bless you

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a tes souhaites

146
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comfortable, at ease with yourself

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bien dans sa peau

147
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of course, obviously

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bien entendu

148
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seriously, all kidding aside

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blague a port

149
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to put shoes on, to fit

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chausser

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well-fitting, sun-fitting

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chaussant

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simple, without any fuss, informal (good frankness)

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a la bonne franquette

152
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to skip school/work

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faire l’ecole buissonnière

153
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lucky (inf)

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veinard

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by the way, get to the point, informed

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au fait

155
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earrings

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boucles d’oreilles

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be dumped

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se faire plaquer

157
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thus

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ainsi

158
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it fascinates me

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ca me passione

159
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ultimately

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en fin de compte

160
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can’t bear

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ne supporter pas

161
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holiday-maker

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un estivant

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to swallow (swallow avocado with lait)

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avaler

163
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steering wheel

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le volant

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to carry out

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effectuer

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broadband

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haut debit

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absurd

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abberant

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flesh (chair made of flesh)

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la chair

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limit

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le plafond

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to give rise to

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susciter

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rooted

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enracine

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beyond

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au-delà de

172
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a difference

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un ecart

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to worsen

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s’aggraver

174
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in the wrong direction

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a contresens

175
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court

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un tribunal

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cumbersome

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encombrant

177
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move out

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se deplacer

178
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to moan

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râler

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a fine (amanda lobley got a fine for her driving)

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une amende

180
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to pay

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rémunérer

181
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to spoil/ruin (someone cut the pipeline and now the gas is cher)

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gâcher

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to blame (take yourself for sin)

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s’enprendre

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widespread

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répandu

184
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a crime

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un délit

185
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a seed

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une semence

186
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to rely on

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se fonder sur

187
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to demand

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revendiquer

188
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to give into

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capituler a

189
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roofing

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la toiture

190
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to get ready to

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s’apprêter a

191
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to process

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traiter

192
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without somebody’s knowing

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a l’insu de qqn

193
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a trial

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un procès

194
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a discalimer

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un démenti

195
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compliant

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conciliant

196
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to annoy

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agacer

197
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a crowd ( crowd gathers up to see a travelling troupe)

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l’attroupement

198
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neighbourhood

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le voisinage

199
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unruly

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turbulent

200
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to ruin/lay waste to

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aneantir

201
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to make someone aware of

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sensibiliser

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