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Barbara Constantine Flashcards

1
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Spare tyre (car)

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La roue de secours (était à plat)

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Cash, dough sl

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Thune f

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Tipsy

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Pompette (etre)

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Manage v

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Se démerder

Figure out, work out démerder

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Convict, prisoner

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Taulard

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Tit, boob, knockdr

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Nibard m

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Barmy, crazy, not all there

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Maboul
Siphonné
Toc-toc

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Taste bud

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Papille f

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Tablet, bar (chocolate), blister pack
Packet, pack
Brochure

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Plaquette f

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Melt dissolve

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Fondre

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Sniff smell inhale

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Humer

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Shelf, department, section
Radius
Spoke

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Rayon m

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Tickle v
Stimulate, arouse
Flatter

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Chatouiller

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Take offense, be offended

Crease (clothing), crumple (paper)

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Se froisser

Froisser

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Hard, tough, harsh

Dreadful, coarse, unkind adj

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Rude

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Pantry

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Garde-manger m

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Be Moth eaten

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Miter

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18
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Curl up

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Se lover

Lover to coil

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Rocket

Growth, expansion

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Fusée f

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Hold yr breath, pant

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Haleter

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Dribble, drool, leak, drip

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Baver

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Grand pa fam

Cushy, tranquil, easy

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Pépère

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Mongrel, mutt

Idiot

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Corniaud m

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I could eat a horse, i am so hungry

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Avoir les crocs

Croc m fang, tooth, canine

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Be pleased with yr self, smug

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Bicher

Biche f doe, hind and inf pet, honey, darling

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Enough, that’s enough, give it up

Be fed up w sth

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C’est marre!
En avoir marre de qqc j’en ai marre
Marrer laugh
Se marrer giggle, laugh

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Latch, bolt, catch bolt

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Loquet m

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Bullshit, fuckup

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Connerie f quelle connerie!

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29
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In the middle of nowhere

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Au milieu de nulle part

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30
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Pitch dark, pitch black

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Faire nuit noire

Il fait…

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Entertain, treat to a meal, pay the rounds

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Régaler
C’est moi qui régale
Se régaler feast oneself

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Its a pain ! It’s annoying! It sucks!

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C’est chiant!

Chier to shit

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33
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Bad cold

Flat, punctured

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Crève f

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Come down with, catch fam
Pinch, nick inf
Pick up (inf)
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Choper

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35
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Perk up, pick up
Do up
Refresh

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Requinquer

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36
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Willowy, thin, slender, slight adj

Fine, finely ( chopping fex)

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Menu-e

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37
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Partition

Wall divider

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Cloison f

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Cushion, soften, break

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Amortir
Pay off,
pay by instalments s’amortir
L’achat de cette machine s’est bien amorti.

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Mousetrap

Flyswat

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Tapette à souris f
Tapette à mouche
Tapette also wimp, fairy (homosex)

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Hum v

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Fredonner

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41
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Nerves

Stage fright

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Trac m

Avoir le trac have butterflies

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42
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Impress v

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Épater

épaté adj familier (stupéfait, étonné) astonished, surprised, stupefied adj

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Heat up, boil v

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Chauffer

Elle chauffe l’eau pour faire son thé.

44
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Toilets v fam

Loo, dunny

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Les chiottes

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Relentlessly

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(Travailler) D’arrache-pied

46
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Array, variety, wide variety

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Panoplie f

Il existe une panoplie de médicaments pour traiter cette maladie.

47
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Self sufficient

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(Devenir) autonomes

48
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Hearse

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Corbillard m

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Grater, file n

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Râpe nf

Râpé grated

50
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Vmit, pûe, throw up

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Dégobiller qqc

51
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Weed n

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Mauvais herbe f
Often in pl ce jardin est plein de mauvaises herbes
To weed désherber

52
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Appalling

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Exécrable adj

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Pale adj

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Pâlot

L’enfant est pâlot

54
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Greenhouse, glass house

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Lemonade

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Holy cow!

57
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Area, vicinity, nearby

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Parages nmpl

Dans les parages, nearby

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Settle yrself

59
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Mouse droppings

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Crottes de souris

60
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Put up with someone

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Se coltiner qqn
Se weekend je me coltine ma belle-mère
Se coltiner qqc get lumbered with, lug

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Wheelbarrow

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Brouette f

62
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Frozen food

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Surgelé m

Un plat surgelé

63
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Ponder, mull over, think over, think hard about

64
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Lucky! Expr adj

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Veinard
Espèce veinard! You lucky sod!
sacré veinard nm familier lucky devil n
(UK, slang) lucky sod, lucky git, jammy bugger n

65
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Play a trick on someone

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Jouer un tour à qqn

66
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He hung the washing outside to dry

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Il a étendu le linge dehors pour le faire sécher

67
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I am sorry expr

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Je suis navré
Navré adj sorry
Avec un ton légèrement navré

68
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Subtract
Take inf
Take away, remove, delete

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Soustraire

Refl : escape, avoid, get out of

69
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Bimbo slang

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Pouffe f
Elle avait l’air d’une pouffe.
Pouffer fig explode, burst out
Il a pouffé de rire

70
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Stuck-up, smart arse adj

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Péteux -euse

Il avait réussi à prendre un air tellement péteux

71
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Put up with, take

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Encaisser

And pack, put in boxes, pay in, bank

72
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Broom , broomstick

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Balai m
And with age only: years old
Ma voisine doit bien avoir 59 balais

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Limp v

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Withdrawal , waiver n

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Désistement m

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Suitable, appropriate, fitting, reasonable

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Convenable

Convenablement decently, respectably

76
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Brainwashing

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Lavage de cerveau

77
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Headcold

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Rhume de cerveau

78
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Unanimously

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Unanimité f

Élu à l’unanimité adj

79
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Kid(animal)

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Cabri m

Also jump up and down

80
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Freak out v slang

81
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Hard, tough
Hfty, huge
Awzsome ace

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Balèze, balaise adj
C’etait un mec baléze
Cet examen est très balèze

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Slap, smack n

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Crate n

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Cageot m

And dog, ugly woman

84
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Soaked

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Trempé adj

85
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Ladder n

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Échelle f

86
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Trivia
Trifle, nothing
Trivial matter

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Vétille f

Trivia pl

87
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Mop the floor

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Passer la serpillière

Mop f

88
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Argument, quarrel, fight n

Reprimand n

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Engueulade f

89
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In all likelyhood, probability

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Vraisemblablement

90
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He switched of the tv

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Il a éteint la télé
Allumer switch on
Zapper go through the channels

91
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Refine, polish, perfect v

Put the finishing touches to

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Peaufiner

Il peaufine son devoir avant de le rendre

92
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Damage, ruin, spoil v

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Abîmer

S’abîmer fall into disrepair, go off, go bad

93
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Dresser, side board

Bit of a tummy, belly, tummy n

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Buffet m

Il a pris du buffet depuis ses 40 ans

94
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Kettle

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Bouilloire f

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Tomcat

96
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Whim, fancy

The latest fad

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Lubie f
La dernière lubie
On a tous nos petites lubies

97
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Lively, vivacious, quick, sharp

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Vif , vive

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Stable n

99
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Menacing adj

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Torve

L’oeil torve

100
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Scatterbrain

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Tête de linotte f

101
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Panic n

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Affolement m

102
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Owl

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Chouette f

103
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Contours

Shape form

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Sharp keen biting adj

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