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Advanced Composition Vocab_Engl to Fren1 Flashcards

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to find consolation in something

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se consoler de quelque chose

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2
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a (weeping) willow

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un saule (pleureur)

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a blackberry bush

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un mûrier

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a blackberry

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une mure

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a small boat/rowboat

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une barque

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income, yield

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le revenu

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(wild) game

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le gibier

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cheerfulness

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l’enjouement

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9
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basic knowledge, basic principles

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les rudiments

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10
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a dead end

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un cul-de-sac

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11
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to instill something in someone

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inculquer quelque chose à quelqu’un

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12
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mourir

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rendre l’âme

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13
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a candle

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une bougie, une chandelle

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14
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a candleholder

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un bougeoir

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15
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religious candle

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un cierge

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a traffic jam, congestion

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un encombrement

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17
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viola (da gamba)

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la viole de gambe

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18
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a lute

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un luth

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19
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a theorbo

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un théorbe

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20
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a bow (musical instrument)

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un archet

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21
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calf

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le mollet

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22
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a sigh

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un soupir

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23
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to sigh

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soupirer

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24
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a sob

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un sanglot

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25
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to sob

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sangloter

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26
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a breath, a blow

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un souffle

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27
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to blow

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souffler

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28
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a groan

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un râle

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29
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to groan/moan

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râler

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30
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muddy

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boueux

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31
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a clog, a hoof

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un sabot

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32
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left, clumsy, maladroit

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gauche

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33
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a strawberry, a ruff (garment)

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une fraise

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34
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easily made wrathful or incensed

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courrouçable

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35
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to darken, to bristle, to stiffen, to become somber

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rembrunir

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36
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a coach

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un carrosse

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37
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terror, great fear

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l’épouvante (f)

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38
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to hit someone, frapper quelqu’un

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porter la main sur quelqu’un

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39
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a storeroom

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un cellier

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40
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a basement

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une cave

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41
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a long rod, a fishing pole

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une gaule

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42
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silt

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la vase

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43
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small fry

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la friture

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44
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a stool

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un tabouret

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45
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velvet

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le velours

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46
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buttocks

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les fesses

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47
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a shack

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une cabane

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48
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a tree shack

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une cabane dans les arbres

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49
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(wooden) floor

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le plancher

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50
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a plank

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une planche

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51
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to badger or pester someone

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tarabuster quelqu’un

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52
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a chord, a concord

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un accord

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53
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an arpeggio

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un arpège

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54
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an ornement, embellishment, adornment

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un ornement

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55
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to bury, enterrer

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enfouir, enfoncer

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56
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to praise someone

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louer quelqu’un

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57
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to rent

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louer quelque chose

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58
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to harp about something/someone

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rebattre les oreilles de quelqu’un au sujet de quelque chose

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59
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pale,

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blême, pâle

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60
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to overhang

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surplomber

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61
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a widower/a widow

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un veuf, une veuve

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62
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a henhouse

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un poulailler

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63
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a rooster, a hen

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un coq, une poule

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64
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a chick

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un poussin

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65
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a turkey

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un dindon

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66
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to peck, to nibble

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picorer

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67
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a fireplace

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une cheminée

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68
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a ring

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une bague

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69
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a walking stick

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une canne

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70
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the knob (of a walking stick)

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le pommeau

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71
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the back of a chair

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le dossier d’une chaise

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72
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to brandish

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brandir

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73
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to drown

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se noyer

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74
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a drowned person

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un(e) noyé(e)

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75
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to loose one’s footing

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perdre pied

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76
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to engulf, to swallow up

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engloutir

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77
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a still life (art)

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une nature morte

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78
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linen

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le linge

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79
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to invite someone to do something

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convier quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

80
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to have esteem for someone

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estimer quelqu’un

81
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to gain influence on over someone

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avoir/gagner de l’ascendant sur quelqu’un

82
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a stream, a brook

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un ruisseau

83
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to stream, to flow

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ruisseler

84
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the flow, or stream (of water)

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le ruissellement (de l’eau)

85
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to chip, to flake off

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écailler

86
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foliage

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le feuillage

87
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spirit, liveliness, drive

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l’entrain

88
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sensible, wise

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avisé(e)

89
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sensible advice

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un conseil avisé

90
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to break up with someone, quitter quelqu’un

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rompre avec quelqu’un

91
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men’s pants/hose

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les chausses

92
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breeches

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les braies

93
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enlever

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ôter

94
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a wave or a flux (of water)

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une onde

95
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to fall asleep, s’endormir

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s’assoupir

96
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un rêve

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un songe

97
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a vault, an archway, an arch

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une voûte

98
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decanter, carafe

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une carafe, un flacon, une flasque

99
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woven straw/wicker

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la paille tressée

100
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to reach a place, arriver quelque part

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gagner un endroit

101
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a music stand, lectern

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un pupitre

102
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pewter

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l’étain (m)

103
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a wafer

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une gaufrette

104
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to nibble, to gnaw, grignoter

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ronger

105
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to confide in someone

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se confier à quelqu’un

106
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a canopy, a four poster bed

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un baldaquin, un lit à baldaquin

107
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leather

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le cuir

108
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morocco-leather

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le maroquin

109
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crest (of a bird)

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la crête (d’un oiseau)

110
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to seal

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cacheter

111
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wax

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la cire

112
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a cloister

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un cloître

113
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a dorm

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un dortoir

114
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the breaking/changing of the (male) voice during puberty

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la mue de la voix

115
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to trumpet

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barrir

116
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to bleet

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bêler

117
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to lean/press up against

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s’arc-bouter contre

118
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dark-red plum

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une quetsche

119
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irreparable, irreversible

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irrémédiable

120
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a wig

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une perruque

121
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shoe cobbler

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un cordonnier

122
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shoe repair shop

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une cordonnerie

123
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an anvil

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une enclume

124
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a hammer

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un marteau

125
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to rasp, to grate, to grind

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râper

126
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insipid, bland, tasteless

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fade

127
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to cheep, to whine

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piailler

128
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cheeping, wining,

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un piaillement

129
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to grate, to squeak, to squeal

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grincer

130
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grating, squeaking

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le grincement

131
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to hum

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frédonner

132
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a shop

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une échoppe

133
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horny (texture), callous

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calleux

134
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to shrug

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hausser les épaules

135
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to fiddle with something, to finger

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tripoter quelque chose

136
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to enjoin or charge someone of doing something

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enjoindre à quelqu’un de faire quelque chose

137
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ease, affluence

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l’aisance

138
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virtuosity

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la virtuosité

139
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to look down, to avert one’s eyes

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baisser le nez

140
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raspy (voice)

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rauque

141
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to freeze, to become still

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se figer, s’immobiliser

142
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to stutter

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bégayer

143
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a hearth

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un âtre

144
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to blush

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rougir

145
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a hip

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une hanche

146
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a breast

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un sein

147
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to breastfeed a child

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donner le sein à un nourrisson

148
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tits

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la poitrine, les nichons, les nibards

149
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to put one’s hair up

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relever les cheveux

150
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a primrose

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une primevère

151
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a butterfly

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un papillon

152
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a squirrel

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un écureuil

153
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to thread one’s way (through)

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se faufiler (à travers)

154
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numb, awkward

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gourd(e)

155
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not long ago

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naguère

156
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right away

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sur le champ

157
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suddenly, brusquement

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tout à trac

158
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a floor/wall tile, a windowpane

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un carreau

159
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frost

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le givre

160
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doublet, pourpoint

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le pourpoint

161
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to lace up

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lacer

162
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to bundle up, to dress warmly,

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s’emmitoufler

163
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a baldric

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un baudrier

164
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a blacksmith

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un forgeron

165
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to forge

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forger

166
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to creak

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craquer

167
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loudly

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bruyamment

168
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(a set of) bells, chimes

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un carillon

169
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to ring, to chime

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carillonner

170
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a headdress

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une coiffe

171
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a stove

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un poêle

172
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a frying pan

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une poêle

173
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a chessboard

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un échiquier

174
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to play chess

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jouer aux échecs

175
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to recover, to regain

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recouvrer

176
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to recover, to heal

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recouvrir

177
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ebony

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l’ébène (m)

178
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a rag

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un chiffon

179
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to lose oneself, to be mistaken, se perdre, se tromper

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s’égarer

180
Q

ancienne forme de tennis, jouée avec la paume de la main

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un jeu de paume

181
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trestle

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un tréteau

182
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theatre stage

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les tréteaux

183
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to declaim

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réciter, déclamer

184
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a torch

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une torche, un flambeau

185
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naked, nu(e)

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dans le plus simple appareil

186
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a snowflake

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un flocon (de neige)

187
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to piss

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pisser, uriner, faire pipi, se soulager

188
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noise

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le vacarme, le bruit

189
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a string

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une corde

190
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a string instrument

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un instrument à corde

191
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an apron

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un tablier

192
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to become somber

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rembrunir

193
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a foot-warmer

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une chaufferette

194
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to snatch something from someone

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arracher quelque chose à quelqu’un

195
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to wring, to twist

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tordre quelque chose

196
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to erect, to raise something

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dresser quelque chose

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