Comte Flashcards

1
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Franchir

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To cross

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Le détroit

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Strait (of water)

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La vigie

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Lookout

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Un mât

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Mast (on a ship)

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Venant

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From

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Côtier

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Coastal

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Aborder

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To approach

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Un cap

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Cape (ocean)

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La plate-forme

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Platform

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Gréé

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Rigged

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Arrimé

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Stowed

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Les chantiers

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Construction sites

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Un armateur

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Shipowner

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Secousse

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Tremor (earthquake)

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Les huniers

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Topsails

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Cet instinct qui pressent un malheur

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The instinct which senses misfortune

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17
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En mouillage

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At anchor

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18
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Dérocher

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To drop off

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Soulagé

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Relieved

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S’élancer

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To take off

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21
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Une voile

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Sail

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22
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Un coup d’œil

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A glance

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Un interlocuteur

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Contact

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24
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Décemment

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Decently

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25
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Enveloppé

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Wrapped up

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26
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Un hamac

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Hammock

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27
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“Et du moment que vous m’assurez que…”

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“As long as you assure me that…”

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28
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La cargaison

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Cargo

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29
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Le benefice

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Profit

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30
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Escompter

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To discount

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31
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S’abaisser

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To lower; to stoop

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32
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Sensible

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Sensitive

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33
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Un impulsion

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Impulse

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34
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L’anse

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The handle

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35
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Balbutier

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To stammer

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36
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Bouleversé

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Upset

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37
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Céder

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To give in; to yield

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38
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C’est de la fatalité

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It is inevitable

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39
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Périr

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To perish

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40
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Courbé

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Bent

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41
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Dépit

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Spite

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42
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Accabler

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To overwhelm, overpower; weigh down

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43
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Tremper

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To soak

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44
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La louange

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Praise

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45
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Perspicacité

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Insight

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46
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Épais

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Thick, dense

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47
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Sot / sotte

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Stupid

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48
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Se savonner

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To soap up

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49
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Abattir

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To slaughter

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50
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Endosser

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To put on (piece of clothing); to assume; to endorse

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51
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Retrousser

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To roll up

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52
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Siffler

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To whistle; to hiss

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53
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Prochainement

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Soon (archaic)

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54
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Dissimuler

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To hide; to conceal / cover up

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55
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Moyenner

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To average; to chock up

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56
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La bascule

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Scales; seesaw; rocking chair

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57
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Un rideau

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Curtain

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58
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Déchirer

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To tear

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59
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Embusquer

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To ambush

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60
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Haleter

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To pant

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61
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Un carrefour

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Crossroads

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62
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Tordre

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To twist

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63
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Farcir

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To stuff

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64
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Gaver

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To fill, stuff; fatten

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65
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En proie

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Plagued

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66
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Ôter

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To remove, take off

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67
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Crouler

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To crumble

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68
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Soigneusement

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Carefully

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69
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Expédier

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To ship

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70
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Le brevet

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Patent

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71
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Certes

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Certainly

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72
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Affronter

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To confront

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73
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Se borner / se limiter

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To limit

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74
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Étouffer

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To stifle

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75
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Au reste

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Moreover

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76
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Être de tiédeur

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To be lukewarm

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77
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Fermenter

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To grow angry / frustrated; to ferment

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78
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Au-delá

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Beyond

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79
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Affermir

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To strengthen; establish

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80
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Netteté

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Neatness; fairness

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81
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Sourciller

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To flinch, to wince

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82
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Bout pourtant

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Close range

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83
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Un casier

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Locker

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84
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Prier

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To pray

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85
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La prestesse

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Agility

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86
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Bienveillance

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Benevolence

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87
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Hâter

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To accelerate, to hasten

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88
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Un enquête

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Investigation

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89
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Désespéré

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Desperate

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90
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Briser

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To shatter, to smash

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91
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Un rouage

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Cog, means (to an end)

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92
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Compromettre

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To compromise

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93
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La tornure (des évenements)

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Timeline (of events); the turn

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94
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Profondeur

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Depth

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95
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Un cachot

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Dungeon

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96
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L’ecroulement

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Collapse

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97
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Le verrou

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Lock

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98
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Un décret

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Decree

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99
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Retentir

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To sound; to ring out

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100
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Un négociant

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Trader

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101
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S’ingénier

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To engineer

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102
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Sur ces entrefaites

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In the meantime

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103
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Retentissante

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Booming; resounding

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104
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Rongé

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Nervewracked

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105
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Errer

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To wander

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106
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Tantôt

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Sometimes

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107
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Gémissement

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Groan

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108
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Engloutir

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To engulf

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109
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Bienfaisance

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Charity

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110
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Secourir

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To rescue

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111
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Enterrement

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Burial; funeral

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112
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Grincer

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To squeak; to rasp

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113
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Emmener

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To bring; to take away

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114
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Garni

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Furnished

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115
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Accoutumé

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Accustomed

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116
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Tisser

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To weave

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117
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Une goutte

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Drop

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118
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Inaccoutumé

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Unusual

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119
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Nourrir

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To feed

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120
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Un escalier

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Staircase

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121
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Infect

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Foul

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122
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Puant

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Smelly

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Moisi

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Musty; moldy

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124
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Loger

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To stay; to lodge

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Éclaire

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To teach; to enlighten

126
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Aliéné

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Insane

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Tout á fait

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Absolutely; completely

128
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Une fois on est fou

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Once one is crazy

129
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Maigrir

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To lose weight

130
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Les gonds

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Hinges

131
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Rouillé

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Rusty

132
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Accroupir

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To crouch

133
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Indicible

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Unspeakable

134
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Le rayon

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Radius

135
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Bondir

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To leap

136
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Pieuse

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Religious, pious

137
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Assomer

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To knock out

138
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Aneantir

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To wipe out; to annihilate

139
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Les supplices

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Torture

140
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Se fier

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To trust

141
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Attristante

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Saddening

142
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Le trésor

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Treasure

143
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Plâtre

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Plaster

144
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Lambeaux

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Shreds

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Une couverture

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Blanket

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Se draper

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To drape

147
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La formule

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Formula; expression; phrase

148
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Fraîche

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Fresh

149
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Un calcul

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Calculation; sum; stone; reckoning

150
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Railleur

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Mocking; derisive

151
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Rebattu

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Worn out

152
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Fouiller

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To search

153
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Enfoui

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Buried

154
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Réjouissant

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Delightful

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L’audace

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Audacity; boldness

156
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Saignant

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Bleeding; bloody

157
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Les plaies

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Wounds

158
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La fange

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Filth

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S’ensevelir

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To bury

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Le cran

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Guts; grit; mark

161
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Un ange

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Angel

162
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Un épouvantail

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Scarecrow

163
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Ignoble

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Despicable

164
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Un bagne

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Prison

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Un barbe

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Beard

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Flétrissure

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A brand (burn mark)

167
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Les semblables

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Peers; similar persons

168
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Prudent

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Careful

169
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Rafraîchir

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To refresh; renew

170
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L’extase

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Ecstasy

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Un voeu

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A wish

172
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Épaissir

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To thicken

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Ranimer

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To revive

174
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Se cramponner

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To cling; to clutch

175
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Inouïe

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Incredible; unheard of

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S’acharner

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To strive

177
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Le crâne

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Skull

178
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Impitoyable

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Ruthless

179
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Entourer

A

To surround

180
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Un fétu de paille

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A wisp of straw

181
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Morne

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Dreary

182
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La pente

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Slope; fall, drop; heavy

183
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S’engluer

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To get stuck

184
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Le vertige

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Dizziness; vertigo

185
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Gouffre

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Chasm

186
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Bâiller

A

To yawn

187
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Le néant

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Nothingness

188
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L’asile

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Asylum

189
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Frémir

A

To shudder

190
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Un vaisseau

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Vessel

191
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L’algue

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Algae

192
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Un goéland

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Seagull

193
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Un vautour

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Vulture

194
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Une nourrice

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Nurse

195
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Bercer

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To rock (back and forth), to balance

196
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To stir

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Remuer

197
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Terrasser

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To crush; to dig out

198
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Le lucarne

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Skylight

199
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Tiraillement

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Unrest

200
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Le crépuscule

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Dusk

201
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“…plus fort que de coutume”

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“…louder than usual”

202
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Une griffe

A

Claw

203
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Affaibli

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Weakened

204
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Chanceler

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To stagger, to falter

205
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Flotter

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To float, to drift

206
Q

Boiteuse

A

Lame; shaky, rickety

207
Q

Se condenser

A

To condense, to compress

208
Q

Avaler

A

To swallow

209
Q

Un naufrage

A

Shipwreck

210
Q

Une besogne

A

A job, important task

211
Q

Licite

A

Legal, lawful

212
Q

Une bouchée

A

A bite (of food), a mouthful

213
Q

Une gorgée

A

A sip

214
Q

Ébranler

A

To shake

215
Q

Un soupirail

A

Basement

216
Q

Frotter

A

To scrub

217
Q

Enhardi

A

Emboldened

218
Q

Entamer

A

To begin, to set off

219
Q

Sceller

A

To seal, to shut tightly

220
Q

Un seau

A

Bucket

221
Q

Les vis

A

Screws

222
Q

Un tournevis

A

Wrench

223
Q

Tâter

A

To feel out, to grope

224
Q

Émousser

A

To blunt, to dullen

225
Q

Le grés

A

Sandstone

226
Q

Achever

A

To finish, to complete

227
Q

Déchausser

A

To strip off

228
Q

Se sécher

A

To dry off

229
Q

Verser

A

To pour

230
Q

La paresse

A

Laziness

231
Q

Grisâtre

A

Greyish

232
Q

Acharnement

A

Relentlessness

233
Q

L’aube

A

Dawn

234
Q

Les moellons

A

Rubble

235
Q

Une poutre

A

A beam

236
Q

Chêne

A

Oak

237
Q

La nage

A

Swimming

238
Q

Amer

A

Bitter

239
Q

Faillir

A

To almost (do)

240
Q

Afin que

A

So that

241
Q

Hardie

A

Bold, deep

242
Q

Se pencher

A

To bend over

243
Q

Hocher

A

To nod

244
Q

Un ciseau

A

Chisel

245
Q

Longer

A

To go along

246
Q

Munir

A

To provide

247
Q

Adossé

A

Back-to-back

248
Q

Muertrière

A

Murderous

249
Q

Rétrécir

A

To shrink

250
Q

Lestement

A

Nimbly

251
Q

Une voûte

A

Vault

252
Q

Se redresser

A

Recover; stand up/sit up straight; flatten

253
Q

Soumise

A

Submissive

254
Q

Un nid

A

Nest

255
Q

Un niais

A

Fool

256
Q

Un prêtre

A

Preist

257
Q

Une fuite

A

Escape

258
Q

Un pic

A

Peak

259
Q

Le rivage

A

Shore

260
Q

Tressaillir

A

To wince

261
Q

Le loisir

A

Leisure

262
Q

Le linge

A

Laundry

263
Q

Le parchemin

A

Parchment

264
Q

Tapisser

A

To cover lightly

265
Q

Ramper

A

To crawl

266
Q

Revêtir

A

To panel; to dress; to line

267
Q

Le toile

A

Canvas

268
Q

Un canif

A

Pocketknife

269
Q

Se procurer

A

To get; to procure

270
Q

Une lampion

A

Lantern

271
Q

Le chevet

A

Bedside

272
Q

Effiler

A

To taper

273
Q

Recouser

A

To sew

274
Q

Une poutre

A

Beam; girder

275
Q

Factice

A

False, fake

276
Q

Le disparition

A

Disappearance

277
Q

Le tourbillon

A

Whirlpool

278
Q

Crochu

A

Hooked

279
Q

Se recueillir

A

To recollect one’s thoughts

280
Q

Hausser

A

To raise

281
Q

Attablé

A

Seated, sitting down

282
Q

Corrompu

A

Corrupt

283
Q

Scélérat

A

Scoundrel

284
Q

Pourvoyeur

A

Provider

285
Q

Fulgurante

A

Dazzling, meteoric

286
Q

Tergiversation

A

Procrastination

287
Q

Les traits

A

Features (of something)

288
Q

Souper

A

Dinner; to dine, to have dinner

289
Q

Ressort

A

Resilience; the spring (season)

290
Q

Assiéger

A

To besiege

291
Q

Un boyau

A

Hose; intestine

292
Q

Bâillonner

A

To gag

293
Q

Étinceler

A

To sparkle

294
Q

Combler

A

To fill, to make up; to satisfy

295
Q

Pulvériser

A

To spray; to pulverize, to smash

296
Q

Le frottement

A

Friction

297
Q

Obvier

A

To prevent against

298
Q

Aiguiser

A

To sharpen

299
Q

Ecumer

A

To skim; to froth; to lather

300
Q

Raidir

A

To stiffen

301
Q

Desserer

A

To loosen

302
Q

Rugir

A

To roar

303
Q

Envahir

A

To invade

304
Q

Le mâchoire

A

Jaw

305
Q

Aïeul

A

Grandfather; forefather

306
Q

Un fardeau

A

Burden

307
Q

Solennelle

A

Solemn

308
Q

Il importe que…

A

It’s important that…