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1
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the cap (of a tube)

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le bouchon (d’un tube)

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to twist, to wring

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tordre

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to patch up

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rafistoler

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a camcorder

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un caméscope

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lanky, scrawny (tall and skinny)

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efflanqué(e) (grand et maigre)

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to stammer

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balbutier

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to hum

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fredonner

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to snore

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ronfler

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to squirm, to wiggle

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frétiller

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a toddler

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un bambin

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to unearth (to find)

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dénicher

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brush, bushes, undergrowth /

bushy, unkempt (hair)

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la broussaille /

en broussaille

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a window(pane)

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une vitre

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(to wake up) with a start

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(se réveiller) en sursaut

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to gorge oneself

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se gaver

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to creak

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grincer

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to snicker

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ricaner

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to get on (someone’s) nerves /

to get annoyed (about something)

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agacer (quelqu’un) /

s’agacer (de quelque chose)

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to astound, dumbfound, stun

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ahurir

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to daze, stun [to tire, wear out]

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étourdir

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dumbfounded, stunned (as if by a loud noise)

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abasourdi(e)

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to drip

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goutter

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to trickle

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dégoutter

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to gush, stream

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ruisseler

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to complain

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se plaindre

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to whine

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geindre

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27
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to groan, moan

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gémir

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28
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a crutch

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une béquille

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to cry or shout long and loudly [to shout oneself hoarse]

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s’égosiller

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30
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to nail

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clouer

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to display (merchandise) [to spread (jelly)]

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étaler (des marchandises) [étaler (de la gelée)]

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32
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the surroundings, the surrounding area

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les alentours (m)

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around, in the surrounding area

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alentour

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34
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a hanger (for clothes)

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un cintre

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35
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toothless

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édenté(e)

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36
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appalling, frightening, unbearable

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épouvantable

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to imagine, to think (about), to ponder

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songer

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38
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filthy, grimy

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crasseux (-euse)

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39
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(a) malicious, sneering (laugh)

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(un rire) narquois

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(a) derisive, mocking (tone)

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(un ton) railleur (-euse)

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41
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(a) mocking (glance)

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(un regard) moqueur (-euse)

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(an) amused, mocking (smile)

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(un sourire) goguenard (-e)

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43
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to pack

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tasser

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44
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to give up, to back down [to fail through weakness]

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flancher

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to crumple, to wrinkle [to offend]

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froisser

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46
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to crumple [to bother]

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chiffonner

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47
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a little girl

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une fillette, une petite fille

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48
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a heap (of nonsense)

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un monceau (de fariboles) (-eaux)

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a heap, a pile, a mass [a (stellar) cluster]

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un amas (stellaire)

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a pile, a heap, a lot (of problems)

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un tas (de problèmes)

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51
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twaddle, nonsense

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des balivernes (f), des calembredaines (f), des sornettes (f)

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52
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a gargoyle

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une gargouille

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53
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to spell

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épeler

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54
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to flatten oneself [to grovel]

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s’aplatir

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55
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a glimmer, a glow

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une lueur

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56
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a blunderer, a blundering fool

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un gaffeur

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57
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a toad

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un crapaud

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58
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the wake (of a boat)

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le sillage (d’un bateau)

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59
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shabby, pitiful in appearance

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miteux (-euse)

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60
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to wedge, to jam

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coincer

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61
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tin

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l’étain (m)

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62
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copper

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le cuivre

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63
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to stutter

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bégayer

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64
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(a) dilapidated (building)

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(un bâtiment) délabré (-e)

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65
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(the nape of) the neck

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la nuque

66
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to move off, to pull away

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s’ébranler

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famished

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affamé

68
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to hijack (a plane) [to divert]

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détourner (un avion)

69
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scarlet

A

écarlate

70
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dazzling

A

éblouissant

71
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to dazzle

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éblouir

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(to have) nerves, stage fright

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(avoir) le trac

73
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the wingspan [scope, calibre]

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l’envergure (f)

74
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(a) waterproof (watch)

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(une montre) étanche

75
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a track, a trail, a runway (animal, sport, computing)

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une piste

76
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to track (to follow a trail)

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pister

77
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to hobble along

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clopiner

78
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to limp

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boiter

79
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to castigate

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fustiger

80
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sonny, (my) boy, junior (fam.)

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(le) fiston

81
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the edge, the fringe (of the fabric / of the forest)

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la lisière (du tissue / de la foret) (le bord)

82
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a padlock / to padlock

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un cadenas / cadenasser

83
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jet (the black gemstone) / jet black

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le jais / le noir de jais

84
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bitterness

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l’amertume (f)

85
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the hedge(row)

A

la haie

86
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a freak, a weirdo (fam.)

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un zigoto (un fou)

87
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to waddle

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se dandiner

88
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to take off, remove (clothes)

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ôter (les vêtements) (enlever, retirer)

89
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to squeal

A

couiner

90
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to gurgle

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gargouiller

91
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to polish, to shine

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astiquer (polir)

92
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to rub (one’s hands) / scrub (the floor)

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frotter (les mains/le sol)

93
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to strut about

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se pavaner (parader)

94
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a landing (in a staircase), a level (of government)

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un palier (d’escalier), un palier (du gouvernement)

95
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fishy, shady

A

louche

96
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a ladle

A

une louche

97
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to gleam, to glisten

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luire (briller)

98
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to shrivel

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se ratatiner

99
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crowded, cluttered (room, market, station)

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encombré(e)

100
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to clutter (up)

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encombrer

101
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to jingle

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cliqueter

102
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harmful, damaging, deleterious

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nuisible

103
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to grumble, to grouse

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ronchonner

104
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to shrink

A

rétrécir

105
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a fireplace poker

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tisonnier

106
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to dazzle

A

éblouir

107
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a pipe, a tube / pipes, tubing / the piping

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un tuyau / des tuyaux / la tuyauterie

108
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to stroll, to wander

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flâner

109
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to putter about, to wander

A

vadrouiller

110
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the soot

A

la suie

111
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vaulted/arched (room), stooped/stooped (back/person)

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voûté(e)

112
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the stump (of a tree)

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la souche (d’un arbre)

113
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to strafe (with a machine gun)

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mitrailler (avec une mitrailleuse)

114
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crimson

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cramoisi(e)

115
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to snap up, to snatch

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happer

116
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a greenhouse

A

une serre

117
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to guffaw, to hoot with laughter

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s’esclaffer

118
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a scoundrel, the riff-raff

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une canaille, la canaille

119
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the pandemonium, the hullabaloo

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le charivari

120
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to smash (something)

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fracasser (quelque chose)

121
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puffy/swollen

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bouffi(e)

122
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to whip / to whisk (eggs, cream)

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fouetter

123
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a well

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un puit

124
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a vegetable garden

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un potager

125
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a pumpkin

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une citrouille

126
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elbow grease

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de l’huile de coude

127
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a defilement/stain/soiling

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une souillure

128
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to hammer

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marteler

129
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a hammer

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un marteau

130
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a rascal, a scoundrel

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un chenapan

131
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a stain, a soiling, a taint, a defilement

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une souillure

132
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to grumble

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bougonner

133
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to gush, to spurt out

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jaillir

134
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stocky, thickset

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trapu(e)

135
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sullen, morose, gloomy

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maussade

136
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to sneak (out)

A

se faufiler

137
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a puddle (of water)

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une flaque (d’eau)

138
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bulging eyes

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des yeux exorbités

139
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to flit, to flit around (like a butterfly)

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papillonner

140
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to sprawl (in or on)

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s’affaler (sur)

141
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the straw (dried grass) / to stuff (taxidermy)

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la paille / empailler

142
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the hay / to make hay / hay fever

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le foin / faire les foins / le rhume des foins

143
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to sour / to become bitter

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aigrir / s’aigrir

144
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to scrub, to scour

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récurer

145
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to scourge / scathing / crazy / a crazy person

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cingler / cinglant / cinglé(e) / un(e) cinglé(e)

146
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dull, drab

A

terne

147
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to seal (an envelope, a door), to clinch (a victory)

A

sceller

148
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to doze off

A

s’assoupir

149
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to search, to rummage through

A

fouiller

150
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to spawn (fish) / to clear oneself (a path), to make one’s way

A

frayer / se frayer (un chemin)

151
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to teem, to swarm, to aboundFp / to hurry up

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grouiller / se grouiller

152
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to chip, to nick / chipped

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ébrécher / ébréché(e)

153
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in the vicinity, in the area, in the neighborhood

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dans les parages (m)

154
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a basin, a bowl / a toilet bowl

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une cuvette / une cuvette de toilette

155
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to splash, to splatter

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éclabousser

156
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the ardour, the enthusiasm

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la fougue

157
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to tamper with (something), to tinker with (something)

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trafiquer (qqch)

158
Q

a gibe, a jeer / jeers

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un quolibet / des quolibets

159
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thick (rain), thick, bushy (hair) / thickly, heavily

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dru(e) / dru

160
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to brush against, to skim past (lit. or fig.)

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frôler

French Literary Vocabulary (1 decks)

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