Boualem Sansel 1 Flashcards

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1
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the collar the neck of a bottle the cervix the neck (lit)

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le col

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the mountain pass 2 nouns

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le col le passage

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path/trail (3 nouns)

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le sentier la sente le chemin

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the lantern, headlight, beacon

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le fanal

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the hoist block and tackle

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le palan

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to trudge

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crapahuter

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pale, pallid (3 adjs)

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pâle blême blafard

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to unseat, unhorse, desconcert, unsettle

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désarçonner

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fog, polluted air, miasma, fume, reek

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le miasme

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borders, boundaries, edge, fringes, farthest reaches, extremes, outer limits

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les confins

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the hook, detour, fang, crochet

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le crochet

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tattered, in tatters, down-and-out

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déguenillé-e

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sordid, squalid, repugnant, vile

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sordide

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account, story, tale

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le récit

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to squint, to be cross-eyed, to ogle, to lust after, to covet

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loucher

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unbeliever, infidel (3)

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l’infidèle l’incroyant-e le/la mécréant-e

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to mark out, delineate, define parameters of, circumscribe panic (fam)

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baliser

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to punctuate, intersperse over time, to border (a route), to mark out (a route)

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jalonner

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the break, pause, stopping place, stop, cease fire (lit)

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la halte (h asp)

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to bivouac, go bivouacking, camping, backpacking (2 words)

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camper bivouaquer

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the camp (two words)

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le campement le bivouac

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to root, put down roots, implant, imbed

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enraciner

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suricate - meerkat

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suricate

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24
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of the nerves, neuralgic,

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névralgique

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to happen, to result from, come out of

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advenir

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the safe conduct, the pass (two words)

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le laissez-passer le sauf-conduit

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to punch, validate (a ticket) to compost (garbage)

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composter

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the swarm, flock, crowd, cloud

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la nuée

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the apron, pinafore, child’s overall the floor of a bridge the bulkhead, firewall (separating motor from passenger compartment)

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le tablier

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2-wheeler cart sleigh (Queb)

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la carriole

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emetic (noun-adj)

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émétique

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32
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to stamp or hallmark (precious metal) to punch, perforate (a transport ticket)

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poinçonner

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awl hallmark, mint mark stamp (for metal, coins)

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le poinçon

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the ticket inspector (transport)

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le poinçonneur

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ticket salesperson, clerk jailer

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guichetier

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counter, box office, ticket office, window (of a bank, theatre, post office, shop)

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le guichet

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37
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more, harder, for longer

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davantage

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38
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the excessiveness, immoderation, outrageousness 3 nouns

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la démesure l’excès (masc) l’outrance (sout, fem)

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excessive, immoderate, disproportionate (2 adjs)

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démesuré-e exagéré-e

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to disembowel, gut rip open

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éventrer

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ripper knife killer

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éventreur

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42
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to riddle (with holes, bullets, errors) to sieve (pass through a sieve)

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cribler

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to bury (4 verbs)

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enterrer enfouir ensevelir (sout) inhumer (only human or animal, sout)

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rubble (2 nouns)

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les gravats les décombres (both masc plu)

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45
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the piling up, the heaping up (two nouns)

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l’amoncellement l’entassement

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to pile up, heap up to accumulate, to amass

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amonceler

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47
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the scrap iron, the loose change

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la ferraille

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48
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ripped, torn, drunk (fam)

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déchiré-e

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49
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to tear, to rip up

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déchirer

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the fence, hedge, screen, boundary

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la palissade

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to fence in, around

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palissader

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52
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to sweep (with a broom)

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balayer

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the broom, joystick, control stick

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le balai

54
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to varnish, vitrify

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vitrifier

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shooting, throbing, stabbing(pain), nagging (memory) 1 adj

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lancinant

56
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to buzz, hum, ring (ears)

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bourdonner

57
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to puff up, swell (skin)

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boursoufler

58
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unheard of, incredible, amazing

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inouï -e

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scammer, hustler, swindler, strapping lad

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le gaillard

60
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to haul, lug (fam)

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transbahuter

61
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the entrails, innards, guts (2 words)

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  1. les entrailles 2. les viscères
62
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the popularity, fashion (sout) regional village festival in Switzerland

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la vogue

63
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to sail, to wander/drift (thoughs)

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voguer

64
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to turn in your favor (wind), to work out

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adonner

65
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to give yourself over to something

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s’adonner a quelque chose

66
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to agree

A

s’adonner

67
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le col

A

the collar the neck of a bottle the cervix the neck (lit)

68
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le col le passage

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the mountain pass 2 nouns

69
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le sentier la sente le chemin

A

path/trail (3 nouns)

70
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le fanal

A

the lantern, headlight, beacon

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le palan

A

the hoist block and tackle

72
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crapahuter

A

to trudge

73
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pâle blême blafard

A

pale, pallid (3 adjs)

74
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désarçonner

A

to unseat, unhorse, desconcert, unsettle

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le miasme

A

fog, polluted air, miasma, fume, reek

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les confins

A

borders, boundaries, edge, fringes, farthest reaches, extremes, outer limits

77
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le crochet

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the hook, detour, fang, crochet

78
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déguenillé-e

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tattered, in tatters, down-and-out

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sordide

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sordid, squalid, repugnant, vile

80
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le récit

A

account, story, tale

81
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loucher

A

to squint, to be cross-eyed, to ogle, to lust after, to covet

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l’infidèle l’incroyant-e le/la mécréant-e

A

unbeliever, infidel (3)

83
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baliser

A

to mark out, delineate, define parameters of, circumscribe panic (fam)

84
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jalonner

A

to punctuate, intersperse over time, to border (a route), to mark out (a route)

85
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la halte (h asp)

A

the break, pause, stopping place, stop, cease fire (lit)

86
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camper bivouaquer

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to bivouac, go bivouacking, camping, backpacking (2 words)

87
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le campement le bivouac

A

the camp (two words)

88
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enraciner

A

to root, put down roots, implant, imbed

89
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suricate

A

suricate - meerkat

90
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névralgique

A

of the nerves, neuralgic,

91
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advenir

A

to happen, to result from, come out of

92
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le laissez-passer le sauf-conduit

A

the safe conduct, the pass (two words)

93
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composter

A

to punch, validate (a ticket) to compost (garbage)

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la nuée

A

the swarm, flock, crowd, cloud

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le tablier

A

the apron, pinafore, child’s overall the floor of a bridge the bulkhead, firewall (separating motor from passenger compartment)

96
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la carriole

A

2-wheeler cart sleigh (Queb)

97
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émétique

A

emetic (noun-adj)

98
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poinçonner

A

to stamp or hallmark (precious metal) to punch, perforate (a transport ticket)

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le poinçon

A

awl hallmark, mint mark stamp (for metal, coins)

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le poinçonneur

A

the ticket inspector (transport)

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guichetier

A

ticket salesperson, clerk jailer

102
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le guichet

A

counter, box office, ticket office, window (of a bank, theatre, post office, shop)

103
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davantage

A

more, harder, for longer

104
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la démesure l’excès (masc) l’outrance (sout, fem)

A

the excessiveness, immoderation, outrageousness 3 nouns

105
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démesuré-e exagéré-e

A

excessive, immoderate, disproportionate (2 adjs)

106
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éventrer

A

to disembowel, gut rip open

107
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éventreur

A

ripper knife killer

108
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cribler

A

to riddle (with holes, bullets, errors) to sieve (pass through a sieve)

109
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enterrer enfouir ensevelir (sout) inhumer (only human or animal, sout)

A

to bury (4 verbs)

110
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les gravats les décombres (both masc plu)

A

rubble (2 nouns)

111
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l’amoncellement l’entassement

A

the piling up, the heaping up (two nouns)

112
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amonceler

A

to pile up, heap up to accumulate, to amass

113
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la ferraille

A

the scrap iron, the loose change

114
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déchiré-e

A

ripped, torn, drunk (fam)

115
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déchirer

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to tear, to rip up

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la palissade

A

the fence, hedge, screen, boundary

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palissader

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to fence in, around

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balayer

A

to sweep (with a broom)

119
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le balai

A

the broom, joystick, control stick

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vitrifier

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to varnish, vitrify

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lancinant

A

shooting, throbing, stabbing(pain), nagging (memory) 1 adj

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bourdonner

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to buzz, hum, ring (ears)

123
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boursoufler

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to puff up, swell (skin)

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inouï -e

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unheard of, incredible, amazing

125
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le gaillard

A

scammer, hustler, swindler, strapping lad

126
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transbahuter

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to haul, lug (fam)

127
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  1. les entrailles 2. les viscères
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the entrails, innards, guts (2 words)

128
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la vogue

A

the popularity, fashion (sout) regional village festival in Switzerland

129
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voguer

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to sail, to wander/drift (thoughs)

130
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adonner

A

to turn in your favor (wind), to work out

131
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s’adonner a quelque chose

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to give yourself over to something

132
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s’adonner

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to agree