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1
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to plait/braid

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tresser

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a plait/braid

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une tresse

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tight

E.g.: this dress is too tight

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serré

E.g.: cette robe est trop serré

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to comb

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peigner

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comb

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un peigne

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beggar

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un mendiant

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7
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afterwards

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par la suite

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disapproving

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désapprobateur

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approval of

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l’approbation de

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10
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relaxed / laid back / casual

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décontracté

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11
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utility room / laundrette

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la buanderie

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12
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humming

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le ronronnement

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13
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sometimes this, sometimes that

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tantôt ceci, tantôt cela

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14
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muffled / suppressed (voice)

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étouffé

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to choke / suffocate

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s’étouffer

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to slap

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gifler

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17
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slap in the face

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une gifle

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18
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to spurt out / gush out

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jaillir

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19
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frankness, directness

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la franchise

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20
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crime novel, detective show

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un policier

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21
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love at first sight

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le coup de foudre

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22
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an arse-licker

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un lèche-cul

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uncouth, crude

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grossier

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faded, worn (clothes, furniture)

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défraîchi

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plump, fleshy

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charnu

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26
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crib

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un berceau

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27
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to overwhelm, overburden

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accabler

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to stir, to move

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remuer

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29
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elbow

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le coude

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30
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to stumble, trip up

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trébucher

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31
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sulky

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boudeur

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32
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mischievous

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espiègle

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33
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to congeal, clot

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figer

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to destroy, crush (someone)

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anéantir

35
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to bruise

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meurtrir

36
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frost

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le givre

37
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haughty

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hautain

38
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to get on sb’s nerves

His behaviour really gets on my nerves.

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taper sur les nerfs de qn

Son comportement me tape vraiment sur les nerfs.

39
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buzzing, humming

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le bourdonnement

40
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except for

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hormis / sauf

41
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to terrify / to horrify

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épouvanter

42
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boastful

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hâbleur

43
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disapproving

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désapprobateur (désapprobatrice)

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carefree

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Insouciant

45
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stiff (joint, muscle) / straight (hair)

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raide

46
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to tease

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taquiner

47
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tip (at a bar/restaurant)

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un pourboire

48
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flabbergasted / astounded

I’m astounded (about it)!

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bouche bée

J’en suis bouche bée!

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I couldn’t care less!

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je m’en fiche pas mal !

50
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to worry about sb/sth

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se tracasser pour qn/qch

51
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petty / petty-minded

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mesquin

52
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to decipher / to sight read

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déchiffrer

53
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to repress, stifle

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refouler

54
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benevolence, kindness (to)

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la bienveillance (envers)

55
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to club, clobber sb

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matraquer qn

56
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bogus, sham

a sham marriage

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bidon

un marriage bidon

57
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seedy / shabby

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miteux

58
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to simmer / stew

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mijoter

59
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to disgust / to repel

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rebuter

60
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to make fun of sb / to mess sb about

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se ficher de qn

61
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to be in the decline

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péricliter

62
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enthusiasm / momentum

to gather momentum

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l’élan (m)

prendre de l’élan

63
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mocking / wry

wryly

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narquois

d’un air narquois

64
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something’s wrong

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il y a truc qui cloche

65
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emaciated / scawny

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décharné

66
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handcuffs

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des menottes

67
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to handcuff

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menotter

68
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at the end of the day / all things considered

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en fin de compte

69
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wedding ring

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une alliance

70
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to get bogged down in sth

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s’engluer dans qch

71
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eager to do sth

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avide de faire qch

72
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eager for news / hungry for affection

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avide de nouvelles / avide d’affection

73
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to annoy sb

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crisper qn

74
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to tense up

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se crisper

75
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adjoining

the house adjoining ours

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mitoyen

la maison mitoyenne de la notre

76
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to moor

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amarrer

77
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clever / crafty

the devil

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malin

l’esprit malin

78
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fierce / unremitting

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acharné

79
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frizzy (hair)

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crépu

80
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lack of concern / carefreeness

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l’insouciance

81
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for a long time (already)

We haven’t seen them for ages

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depuis des lustres

on ne les a pas vus depuis des lustres

82
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to understand, to ‘get’

I’m clueless about computing.

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piger

Je ne pige rien à l’informatique.

83
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to hug / to embrace

I hug / I was hugging / I have hugged

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étreindre

j’étreins / j’étreignais / j’ai étreint

84
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What are you talking about? / What are you on about?

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