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Advanced Composition Vocab_Engl to Fren3 Flashcards

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ungrateful

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ingrat(e)

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wrath

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le courroux, la colère

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an axe

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une hache, une cognée

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couper

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trancher

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une section

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un tronçon

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arriver à quelque chose, réussir à faire quelque chose

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parvenir à quelque chose

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towards

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envers

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to spread (liquid, feeling)

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répandre

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Dieu

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Le Ciel

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fury

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la fureur

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the plague

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la peste

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fleuve de “Hades”

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l’Achéron

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support

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le soutien

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delicacies

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les mets (m)

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la bouffe

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la boustiffaille

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to spy on someone

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épier quelqu’un

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a turtledove

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une tourterelle

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to organize a reunion

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tenir conseil

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a sin

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un péché

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a misfortune

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une infortune

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healing

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la guérison

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devotion, dedication

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le dévouement

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gourmand, vorace

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glouton

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beaucoup de moutons

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force moutons

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a shepherd

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un berger

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se sacrifier

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se dévouer

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mourir

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périr

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a fox

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un renard

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rabble, riff-raff

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la canaille

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to bite, to crunch

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croquer

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a flatterer

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un flatteur, une flatteuse

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quarrelsome

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querelleur, querelleuse

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a quarrel

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une querelle, une dispute

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un chien

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un mâtin

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un âne

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a donkey

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je me souviens

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j’ai souvenance

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37
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to mow

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tondre

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38
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to rail against someone

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crier ‘haro’ sur quelqu’un

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a learned scholar, a clerk

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un clerc

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un discours

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une harangue

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hairless, threadbare

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pelé(e)

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42
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affected with scabies

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galeux, galeuse

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43
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a trifle

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une pecadille

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44
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a case where someone deserves to be hanged

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un cas pendable

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45
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un crime

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un forfait

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46
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whether

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selon que

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47
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meticulousness

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la minutie

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48
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a sample

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un échantillon

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49
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to lock, to fasten

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boucler

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a small, crunchy, almond biscuit, a peasant

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un croquant

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51
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younger

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puîné

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52
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a mnemonic device

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une mnémotechnique, un procédé mnémotechnique

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53
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range (musical)

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la gamme

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54
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j’ai pu (passé simple)

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je pus

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55
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tu as pu (passé simple)

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tu pus

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il a pu (passé simple)

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il put

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nous avons pu (passé simple)

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nous pûmes

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vous avez pu (passé simple)

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vous pûtes

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ils ont pu (passé simple)

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ils purent

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j’ai dû (passé simple)

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je dus

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tu as dû (passé simple)

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tu dus

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il a dû (passé simple)

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il dut

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nous avons dû (passé simple)

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nous dûmes

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vous avez dû (passé simple)

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vous dûtes

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ils ont dû (passé simple)

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ils durent

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j’ai voulu (passé simple)

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je voulus

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tu as voulu (passé simple)

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tu voulus

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il a voulu (passé simple)

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il voulut

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nous avons voulu (passé simple)

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nous voulûmes

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vous avez voulu (passé simple)

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vous voulûtes

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ils ont voulu (passé simple)

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ils voulurent

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72
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somewhat pejorative term for additions to a family

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les pièces rapportées (fpl)

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73
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a nicer term for new additions to the family

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les valeurs rajoutées (fpl)

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74
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to envy something of someone

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envier quelque chose à quelqu’un

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75
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to fix the bridle or harness (on a horse)

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brider

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76
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fowl, poultry

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la volaille

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77
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to fatten, to make rich (fam).

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engraisser

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78
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coûteuse à entretenir

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dispendieux/euse

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emplacement où se tient le marché central de denrées alimentaires d une ville

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les halles (fpl)

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to assume, to take on, to cover with

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revêtir

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slate

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l ardoise (f)

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to lead to, to end up in

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aboutir à

83
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to stumble (over a word), to slip up

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trébucher

84
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a frame

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un châssis

85
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crossing, junction, châssis ou armature de bois servant à clore une fenêtre

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la croisée

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a heap, a pile (of something)

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un tas

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a winged chair

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une bergère

88
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un panneau de bois qui recouvre un mur

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le lambris

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mahogany

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l acajou (m)

90
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paperwork, documents

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la paperasse (pej, fam)

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une technique de peinture utilisant des couleurs délayées dans l eau

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la gouache

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engraving, printing

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la gravure

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stubbornness, obstinacy

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l entêtement (m)

94
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a crumb (of bread)

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une miette

95
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high pitched (voice), keen

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aigu(e)

96
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a flap, a bib,

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une bavette

97
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an apron that covers the chest

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un tablier à bavette

98
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étoffe de coton imprimée ou peinte, à l origine importées d Inde

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une indienne

99
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un vêtement court à manches se portant sur la chemise

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une camisole

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a pimp

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un maquereau, un marlou

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to ripen, to mature, to come into ones own

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mûrir

102
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a scaffolding, a stack, an edifice

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un échafaudage

103
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poultry-yard, barnyard

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une basse-cour

104
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to be jealous of, to envy, envier à quelqu un

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jalouser quelqu un

105
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a fiddler, violoniste qui font danser dans les fêtes de village

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un ménétrier

106
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mélange disparate de couleurs et de formes

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la bigarrure

107
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under a magnifying glass, closely, meticulously (fam)

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à la loupe

108
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decked out in rings (péj)

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embagouzé(e)

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decked out in pearls (péj)

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emperlouzé(e)

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a fragment

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un fragment, un éclat (shattered glass), un morceau, une miette (of food)

111
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boisterous, rowdy, disruptive

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chahuteur/euse

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outrageousness, excess

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une outrance

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to deprive someone of…

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priver quelqu’un de…

114
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a convict

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un forçat

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to inflict, to impose something on someone

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infliger quelque chose à quelqu’un

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boisterous, rowdy, disruptive

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chahuteur/euse

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a parrot

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un perroquet

118
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pathetic, ridiculous, derisory

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dérisoire

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outrageousness, excess

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une outrance

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to deprive someone of…

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priver quelqu’un de…

121
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a convict

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un forçat

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to inflict, to impose something on someone

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infliger quelque chose à quelqu’un

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a parrot

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un perroquet

124
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pathetic, ridiculous, derisory

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dérisoire

125
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narrow,limited (avenir, esprit, vie), tight/skimpy (vêtement, budget)

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étriqué(e)

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to sew

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coudre

127
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narrow,limited (avenir, esprit, vie), tight/skimpy (vêtement, budget)

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étriqué(e)

128
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to iron

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repasser

129
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at the most

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tout au plus

130
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to sew

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coudre

131
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a wall, a grandfather clock

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une pendule

132
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to iron

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repasser

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to end, to shut, to close (with)

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clore

134
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at the most

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tout au plus

135
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to pad

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capitonner

136
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a wall, a grandfather clock

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une pendule

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old world, quaint, outdated, obsolete

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désuète

138
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to end, to shut, to close (with)

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clore

139
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haggling

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le marchandage

140
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to pad

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capitonner

141
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to add water, to water down, to thin, to mix (with)

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délayer

142
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old world, quaint, outdated, obsolete

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désuet(ète)

143
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haggling

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le marchandage

144
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to add water, to water down, to thin, to mix (with)

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délayer

145
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a log, a tumble

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une bûche

146
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to lead to, to end up in, to reach

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aboutir à

147
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a bricklayer

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un maçon

148
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scaffolding

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un échafaudage

149
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to scatter, to break up

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se disperser

150
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to shiver

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grelotter

151
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a pond, a pool

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une mare

152
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noise, le bruit

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le tapage

153
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to stand aside

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se tenir à l’écart

154
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the waist

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la taille

155
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a promise

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un serment

156
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to shame someone

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mortifier quelqu’un

157
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a clever way, a trick

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une astuce

158
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shrewdness, astuteness

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l’astuce

159
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a poodle

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un caniche

160
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my late father

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feu mon père

161
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a shopping bag

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un cabas

162
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in shreds

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en lambeaux

163
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a draft

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un courant d’air

164
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to clear out/off

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décamper de quelque part

165
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to skip stones

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faire de ricochets

166
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fog, mist

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le brouillard, la brume

167
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an ox

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un boeuf

168
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mooing, bellowing

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un beuglement

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a muffle

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un mufle

170
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to quicken one’s step

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presser le pas

171
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a ditch

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un fossé

172
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to force or corner someone against something

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acculer quelqu’un contre quelque chose

173
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a parcel

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un colis

174
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a syringe

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un seringue

175
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a sparrow

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un moineau

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lapping (of water)

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le clapotement

177
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to resign oneself to something

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se résigner à quelque chose

178
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genuflexion, bow, sign of respect, kneeling

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la génuflexion

179
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the (biblical) Flood

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le déluge

180
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a bedazzlement

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une éblouissement

181
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to dazzle

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éblouir

182
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to cherish

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chérir

183
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darling

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chéri

184
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manure

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le fumier

185
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a cowshed

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une étable

186
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sowing period

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les semailles

187
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the harvest

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la moisson

188
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to harvest

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moissonner

189
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a wine/cider/oil press

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un pressoir

190
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a lamb

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un agneau

191
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a dove

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une colombe

192
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a swamp

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un marécage, un marais

193
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breath

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l’haleine (f)

194
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to have bad breath

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avoir mauvaise haleine

195
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to fast

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jeûner

196
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to break-fast

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dé-jeûner

197
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to torment

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tourmenter

198
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to worry, to fret

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se tourmenter

199
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a herd

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un troupeau

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