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Donna Leon 2 Flashcards

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Costs

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Frais nmpl

And chilly, fresh , sweet, freshness, cool etc

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Imply, hint v

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Sous-entendre

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Snuffle, snivel

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Reniflement m

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Disregard, contempt, scorn n

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Mépris m

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Scammer, con man

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Gaillard m

Mon gaillard = mate

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Reluctantly, grudgingly, unwillingly

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À contrecoeur

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Dwell on

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S’appentisir sur qqc

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Wipe out, destroy

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Anéantir

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Scaffolfing n

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Échafaudage m

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Enjoy

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Jouir de

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Hide, conceal v

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Dissimuler

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Greedily, keenly, eagerly

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Avidement

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Rumpled, creased, dishevelled

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Froissé

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Lighter

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Briquet m

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Disappearing, death, passing

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Disparation f

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Pout n v

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Moue f

Faire la moue

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Clue, hint. Evidence, sign,

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Indice m

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The type of man he was

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Le genre d’homme qu’il était

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More, for longer

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Davantage
More every time/day chaque fois/jour davantage
More than davantage que

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Cause, produce, create

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Engendrer

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Surgery, practice

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Cabinet m

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Words, remarks,

aim, intention

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Propos mpl m
By the way à propos
in this respect à ce propos

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Blink, bat an eye

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Ciller

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Predict, foresee

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Presager

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solemn, pompous adj

formal, grandiose adj

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Solennel adj

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Tune n music

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Rengaine f

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Awful, vile, horrible

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Ignoble

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Hang

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Pendre

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Trouble n

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Ennuis nmpl

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Stuff yr self/face

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S’empiffrer

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Listener, audience

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Auditeur m

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Bastard

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Saligaud

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Renorse

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Remords nm

Avoir des remords feel guilty

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Gossip, piece of gossip

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Commérage m

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Not long ago, recently, formerly

As before, previoulsly

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Naugère

Comme naugère

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Cat nap, doze v

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Somnoler

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In spite of

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En dépit de

Dépit disappointment bitterness m

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Weight adj

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Pondérale

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Ordinary, non descript, so and so

Some, any

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Quelconque adj

Il est un homme quelconque

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Death, demise n

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Trépas m

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Spick and span, immaculate, spot less

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Nickel

And nickel m

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Liver

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Foie m

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Flash bolt lightening thunder

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Foudre f

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Rash hurried adj

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Hâtif -ve

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Conversation interview talk

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Entretien m

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Conviction sentence

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Condamnation f

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Steering wheel

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Volant m

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Collapsed

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Écroule

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Have a criminal record

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Avoir un casier

Casier n m rack, filing cabinet, pigeon hole, compartment, locker

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not care about, laugh at vi + prep
laugh in the face of v expr
ignore vtr

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Se moquer de qch⇒ v pron

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Will n

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Testament m

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Sign, initial, annotate v

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Émarger

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Pot belly, paunch

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Bedaine f

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Person opposite

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Son vis-à-vis

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Peaceful, calm, serene adj

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Paisible

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Belong, belong to

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Appartenir

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Talkative

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Loquace

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Cave, hole n

hollow

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Creux

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Tickle v

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Titiller

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Dismiss, banish, shoo, expel, dismiss

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Chasser

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Underwrite, subscribe

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Souscrire

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Cover v

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Joncher

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Tilted, sloping, inclined

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Penché

L’écriture penchée vers la droite

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Snout

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Groin m

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Trough

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Auge

Ils avaient plongé le groin dans l’auge

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Hunchback n

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Bossu m

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Pork hog swine

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Porc m

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File, make v

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déposer
Il dépose plainte après son agression.
He filed a complaint following the attack.
Déposer contre qqn

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Assessment, analysis, statement, official report

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Constat m

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Barrel, cask

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Barrique f

Le torse en barique

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Baldness n

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Calvitie f

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Simmer, stew, plot, scheme

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Mijoter

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Take offence, be offended

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Se formaliser

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Get yr bearings

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Se repérer

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Whisk

Lash,flog

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Fouetter

Even w wind

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Drizzle n

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Crachin m

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Unrivalled, matchless

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Inégalable

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Scarf, headscarf

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Foulard m

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Bundle

Wad money

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Liasse f

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Composure n

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Flegme m

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Complicity, collusion

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Connivence f

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Chartered accountant

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Expert-comptable m

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Motive, reason, cause n

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Mobile m

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Stubborness, obstinancy, pig headedness

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Entêtement m

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Wall, partition

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Paroi f

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Hint, veiled reference

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Allusion f

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Racket, row

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Raffut m

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Stench, odeur, awful smell

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Puanteur f

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Reproach reprimand v

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Houspiller

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Hateful detestable loathsome

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Haïssable

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Bribe backhander

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Pot-de-vin m

Pots-de-vin pl

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Scornful contemptuous

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Méprisant

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Request n

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Requête f

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as you please, as you like, in your own way adv

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Guise n f

En guise de by way of
A ma guise as I please

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Exhaust pipe

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Pot d’échappement m

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Mental, dementia, insane, lunacy adj

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Démentiel

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Rotten adj

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Avarié

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Mischievous adj

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Mutin

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Colourful multicoloured adj

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Bariolé

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Unclip, undo, unfasten

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Dégrafer
Il lui a dégrafé son soutien-gorge avec dextérité.
He deftly unclipped her bra.

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Fur, furcoat

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Fourrure f

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Work, slog, slog away v

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Bosser

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Strap ( for shoes fex)

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Lanière f

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Passenger seat

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Le siège du passenger

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Pimp

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Souteneur

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Crazy, mad, around the bend adj

weirdo, luny n

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Maboul m

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Disgust, distate, repulsion

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Répugnance f

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Bullet proof vest

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Gilet pare-balles m

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Cunning, sly, slick adj

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Rusé

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Slander, libel, defamation

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Calomnie f

Calomnier v

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Knotted, gnarled, nobbly

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Noueux -se

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Deposit’ security, guarantee

Pay token

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Gage m

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Factor, piece of information

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Elément m

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aspect n
demeanour n
Development, turn

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Tournure f

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Gossip, tittle tattle, idle gossip

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Commérage m

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Tough cookie, hard nut to crack

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Un dur à cuire

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Bite yr nails

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Se ronger les ongles

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Snub

Be rebuffed

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Rabrouer

Se faire rabrouer

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Imitate, copy

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Mimer

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gradually adv
as we go along expr
bit by bit expr

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au fur et à mesure

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take [sth] away from [sb] vtr phrasal sep
leave [sb] without [sth] vtr
deprive [sb] of [sth] vtr

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Priver qqn de qch

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Small fry

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Menu fretin m

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Onlooker’ gawper, rubber necker

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Badaud

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Gently, half heartedly, nonchalantly adv

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Mollement

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Interfere with

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Parasiter

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Static, interference (music) n

Free loader, scrounger

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Parasite

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Umpteenth

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Énième
Also nième
Le professeur répéta la règle une énième fois.

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Creditor n

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Créancier m

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Stabbing in the back

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Coup de poignard dans le dos

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point vtr
 	 	aim vtr
 	 	turn vtr
 	 	train 
Antagonise, dig yr heels in
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Braquer

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Relentlessly

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D’arrache-pied

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Puzzle, brain teaser, headache

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Casse-tête m

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Rise to the bait

Hook fish

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Mordre à l’hameçon

Hameçon m

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Legacy, bequest

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Legs m

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) put great effort into doing [sth], wear yourself out doing [sth] v expr
(informal, figurative) work yourself to death doing [sth], break your back doing [sth] v expr
(informal, figurative) bust a gut doing [sth]

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s’échiner

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Appallingly, terribly, deplorably adj

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Consternant -e

Consterner dismay, distress

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Not straight, not level adv adj

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En biais, biais

Biais m angle slant, way, means

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Account, tab, slate inf

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Ardoise f

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Erase, clean, delete, wipe

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Effacer

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Dip in to, embark upon, start, initita, make a dent in etc

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Entamer

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Miscarriage

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Fausse couche f

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V- neck, low neck line

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Échancrure f

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Kid, nipper , ankle biter. slang

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Mioche m

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Offload, vent, unleash

Unwrap

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Déballer

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News, rumour, talk

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Bruit m

Noisiness, noise pollution

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