CDS French Vol 021 Flashcards

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1
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coal face

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le front d’abatage

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coal face

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le front de taille

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painting

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le tableau

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to plug

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brancher

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sharp

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tranchant

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sharp

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aiguisé

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wide

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large

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awake

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réveillé

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sprig

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le brin

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boring

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chiant

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talented

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doué

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to burst out laughing

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éclater de rire

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to chuckle

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glousser

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to giggle

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pouffer de rire

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to make fun of s.o.

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se moquer de

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to kid

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rigoler

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your joke fell flat

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tu as fait un bide

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flop

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le bide

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to get a tan

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bronzer

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publisher

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l’éditeur

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sketchbook

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le carnet de croquis

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sketch

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le croquis

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pretender

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le faux-semblant

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blow-torch

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le chalumeau

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kettle

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le bouilloire

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narrow

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étroit

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available

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disponible

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thick

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épais

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flat

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plat

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regular

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régulier

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dawn

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l’aube

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twilight

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le crépuscule

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candlelight walk

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la Retraite aux chandelles

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ultimately

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en fin de compte

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ultimately

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au bout de compte

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salary

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le salaire

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attic

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les combles

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roof space

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le comble

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physiotherapy

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la kinésithérapie

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sleepless night

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la nuit blanche

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to pass (in the street), cross

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croiser

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to gain, put on weight

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grossir

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to make a meal, dinner

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se faire à manger

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snack

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l’en-cas

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snack

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l’encas

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46
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snack

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le goûter

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47
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in order to

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afin de

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48
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to slim down, lose weight

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maigrir

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49
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anyway, incidentally

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d’ailleurs

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vis-à-vis

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par rapport à

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51
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bite

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la piqûre

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to subject o.s. to

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s’astreinre à

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53
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unpredictable

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aléatoire

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54
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piggybank

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le tirelire

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55
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to reject a law

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rejeter une loi

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56
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invaluable

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inestimable

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57
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topic

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le sujet

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58
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topic

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le thème

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59
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diving

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le plongeon

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canoe

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le canoë

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trampoline

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le trampoline

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mountain bike

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le VTT (vélo tout terrain)

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road cycling

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le cyclisme sur route

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to care

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soucier

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65
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to burst out laughing

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esclaffer

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annoying, irritating

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agaçant

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67
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slender

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élancé

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68
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to move, cut

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faucher

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69
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naughty

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polisson

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70
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to skin

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écorcher

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71
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boned

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désossé

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72
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fight, brawl

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la bagarre

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73
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din, racket

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le charivari

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stinking, smelly

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puant

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75
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trap

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le piège

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to sniff, scent

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flairer

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77
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to give a beating

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tabasser

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bush

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le buisson

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to duck, dodge

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esquiver

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80
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spark

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l’étincelle

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to perch

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jucher

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squabble

A

la chamaillerie

83
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to cook up

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mijoter

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twit

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le nigaud

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oddball, suspicious character

A

le énergumène

86
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sheeth

A

la gaine

87
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pocket knife

A

le canif

88
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stench

A

la puanteur

89
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worried

A

soucieux

90
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to beat about the bush

A

tourner autour du pot

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ford

A

le gué

92
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foothills

A

le(s) contrefort(s)

93
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to act

A

agir

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to bet

A

parier

95
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to starve

A

s’affamer

96
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octopus

A

le pieuvre

97
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octopus (cooking)

A

le poulpe

98
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moron

A

le minus

99
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broke (no money)

A

fauché

100
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to miss (train etc)

A

rater

101
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exhausted

A

épuisé

102
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to fill

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remplir

103
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to run out of

A

être à court de

104
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blanket

A

la couverture

105
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grotty, disgusting

A

dégueulasse

106
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son-in-law

A

le gendre

107
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anytime, anywhere

A

n’importe quand

108
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square

A

le carré

109
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daughter-in-law

A

la belle-fille

110
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step brother

A

le demi-frère

111
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step sister

A

le demi-sœur

112
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god-mother

A

la marraine

113
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god-father

A

le parrain

114
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cover, lid, cap

A

le couvercle

115
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to demand

A

exiger

116
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to make a phone call

A

passur un coup de fil

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pass (geog.)

A

le col

118
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frightening

A

affolant

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harvest time

A

le moisant

120
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to lead astray

A

égarer

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that must be questioned

A

l’incontournable

122
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cheerful, jovial

A

enjoué

123
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incredible, breathtaking

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époustouflant

124
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to do s.t. in 2 shakes of a lamb’s tail

A

faire qch en 2 coups de cuiller à pot

125
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den, lair

A

l’antre

126
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scourge

A

le pourfendeur

127
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club

A

l’assommoir

128
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by hearsay

A

par ouï-dire

129
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to grant

A

exaucer

130
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to char, burn to a crisp

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calciner

131
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to draw, plot, write

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tracer

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to trump s.o.

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damer le pan à

133
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thrush

A

la grive

134
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to be next to

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côteler

135
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for a song

A

pour rien

136
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microwave

A

le four à micro-ondes

137
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certificate

A

le brevet

138
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in fact, to tell the truth

A

à vrai dire

139
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to be away with the fairies

A

être à côté de ses pompes

140
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to insulate

A

isoler

141
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best seller

A

le livre à succès

142
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archery

A

le tir à l’arc

143
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wrestling

A

la lutte

144
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to draw

A

dessiner

145
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stew

A

le pot au feu

146
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fencing (sport)

A

l’escrime (f.)

147
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rowing

A

l’aviron

148
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sailing

A

la voile

149
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cherry picker

A

la nacelle élévatrice

150
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pot

A

la marmite

151
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messy

A

en bataille

152
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lampshade

A

l’abat-jour

153
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study

A

la salle de travaille

154
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he doesn’t beat about the bush

A

il n’ya pas par quatre chemins

155
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don’t beat about the bush

A

cesser the tourner autour du pot

156
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mop

A

la serpillère

157
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suit

A

le costume

158
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to sneeze

A

éternuer

159
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to take it easy

A

se la couler douce

160
Q

to “take the knee”

A

mettre un genou à terre

161
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otherwise

A

autremen

162
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sunny

A

ensoleillé

163
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watermelon

A

la pastèque

164
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tan

A

le bronzage

165
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to twiddle o’s thumbs

A

se tourner les pouces

166
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Father’s Day

A

la fête des pères

167
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engagement

A

les fiançailles

168
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mango

A

la mangue

169
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sand

A

le sable

170
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soul mate

A

l’âme sœur

171
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urchin (sea)

A

l’oursin

172
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to require, demand

A

exiger

173
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ladle

A

la louche

174
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windbreak

A

le pare-vent

175
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flow, discharge

A

l’écoulement

176
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fat, grease

A

la graise

177
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plate

A

la plaque

178
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cooking

A

la cuisson

179
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cable

A

le câble

180
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plug (electric)

A

la fiche

181
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mains (electric)

A

le secteur

182
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handle

A

la poignée

183
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to build in

A

encastrer

184
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regulating

A

le néglige

185
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removal

A

le dépose

186
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tip, nozzle

A

l’embout (m. )

187
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stem, stalk

A

la tige

188
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sceptical

A

dubitatif

189
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thunder

A

la tonnerre

190
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lightning

A

la foudre

191
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to perch

A

jucher

192
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ledge (rock)

A

la corniche

193
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chasm

A

le gouffre

194
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to lash

A

fouetter

195
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hail

A

la grêle

196
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haversack

A

la musette

197
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wall, side

A

la parois

198
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to caw

A

croasser

199
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whip

A

la fouet

200
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to be lying

A

gésir

201
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to clatter

A

entrechoquer

202
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shield

A

le bouclier

203
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to skin, flay

A

écorcher

204
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to beat up

A

cogner