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Run off, flee, scarper

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Déguerpir

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Unhealthy, unwholesome, inf. ‘sick’, morbid

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Malsain

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Money pit ( something draining money), have hollow legs ( eats a lot, everything)

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Gouffre m

Un gouffre financier

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Superior (boss) n

Of approval, approving adj

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Approbateur

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Monk, hermit

Puffin (bird)

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Moine

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Cassock, priesthood

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Soutane f

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Coffin, casket

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Cercueil m

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Say one by one

To remove seeds ( fr melon fex)

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Égrener

Le ministre égrène le nom des victimes.

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Duty, chore, drudgery, fatigue

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Corvée f

Les corvées du ménage

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Faith, belief

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Foi f

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Believers

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Les croyants

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What can i do for you?

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Que puis-je faire pour toi?

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In an hour

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À dans une heure

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Affix v

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Apposer

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Crumple, crumple up v

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Bouchonner

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Herd, flock, gaggle (and fig as well)

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Troupeau

Un troupeau de touristes

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His homephone number

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Le numéro de son domicile

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Wake n

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Sillage m

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Swallow, gulp down

Take in, learn

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Ingurgiter

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Whatever, although, however, even though, even if

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Quoique

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Excess + abuse, misuse n

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Abus m

Abus d’alcool/confiance/pouvoir

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Pick pocketing

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Vol à la tire

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Pigheadeness, stubborness n

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Entêtement

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Interrogation, questioning

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Interpellation f

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Chopping board

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La planche à decouper

Peler et couper l’oignon

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By way of

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En guise ( de réponse )

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Out of the blue

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Brûle-pourpoint

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Chatty, talkative, chatterbox
Indiscreet gossiping
Long winded, rambling, berbose

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Bavard adj

Peu bavarde de nature

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Chest of drawers n

Easy going, convenient, handy, practical

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Commode f

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Waist size, waist measurement

Low cut

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Tour de taille f

Taille basse

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Built for, cut out for, suited for

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Taillé f

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Beat wildly, furiously

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Battre la chamade

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The bottom cupboard

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Le placard du bas

Se penchent pour prendre une poêl dans le placard du bas

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Bag snatching

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Vol à l’arraché

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Pester sb, be bored (stiff)

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Faire suer qqn

Suer, sweat, ooze, drip

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Openly adv

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Ouvertement

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Upper, lower lip

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Le lèvre supérieur/ inférieur

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Praise n

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Louange f

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Keep records of, keep on file
Do
Dump

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Ficher

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Thick bushy

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Épais -se

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Oily

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Huileux -eise

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Dent v

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Cabosser

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Wealth, affluence

Ease, poise

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Aisance f

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Jumper, sweater

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Chandail m

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Display, sport, wear

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Arborer

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Deferred adj

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Remis

Remettre,put back, switch back on, add, add more, fill up

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Laugh at, take the mickey / piss out of

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Se ficher de

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Slam, crack (whip), slap, smack

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Claquer

Claquer la porte

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Shove, dig, poke n

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Bourrade f

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Angry, irate

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Courroucé -e adj

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Support, hold up, maintain, insist

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Soutenir

Se soutenir support, help one another

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Racket, row, commotion, uproar

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Raffut m

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Sit again

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Se rasseoir

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Backstage, runner (on curtain),

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Coulisse f

Coulisse de qqc behind the scenes of (sth)

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Trigger, cause, set off

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Déclencher

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Armrest,

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Accoudoir m

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Stay away from, show no interest in, give the cold shoulder

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Bouder

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Mistake, error, misunderstanding

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Méprise f

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Scammer, shark, conman

Strapping, strong, lively

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Gaillard

Mon gaillard mate, buddy, pal

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Dressing gown, bathrobe

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Robe de chambre écossaise (tartan)

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Truce, rest, break

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Trêve f

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Bland, flavourless, tasteless

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Insipide

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Oath, pledge, promise, swearing

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Serment m

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Labyrinth, maze, mess, complexity

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Dédale m

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Instinctively, w/o thinking, automatically

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Machinalement

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Collar

Pass, saddle (mtn)

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Col m

Le col de son manteau

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Break the neck

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Se rompre le cou

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Chore, drudgery, duty

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Corvée f

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A coffee break, snack break

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Un arrêt casse-croûte

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Drizzle rain) n

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Crachin m

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Pull the plug, break up, put a stop end to

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Mettre un terme

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Due date, deadline, delivery date

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Échéance f

Régler l’échéance d’un emprunt

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Maternity leave

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Congé de maternité m

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Suveillance camera

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La caméra de surveillance

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Condemnation, censure

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Condamnation f

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Fatal, lethal, deadly adj

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Mortel -le

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Ringing, jingling

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Tintement

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Cuff, bannet, headline

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Manchette f

Bouton de manchette cuff link m

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Plunder, pillage, steal, get away with

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Piller

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Nomadic, wandering, drifting, stray (animal)

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Errant adj

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Twart, stymie, oppose, foil

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Contrecarrer

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Relief, respite n

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Soulagement m

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Commit a crime

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Commettre un crime

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It was his duty to give witness

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Il était de son devoir de témoigner contre le criminel en question.
À témoigner contre qqn

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The country’s social fabric

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Le tissu social du pays

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A pack of dogs

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La meute de chiens

Meute f pack, horde, scouts cub-pack

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Crush, grind

Fiddle with, play with

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Triturer

Il triturait son mouchoir

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Blindly push on, bulldoze ahead, dive in head first

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Foncer bille en tête

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Object to do sth

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Rechigner

Rechigner à faire qqc do sth grudgingly

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Wander, roam

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Vagabonder

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Thug, crook

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Malfrat m

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In the flesh, in person, meet face to face

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En chair et en os

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Absolve, cleanse, forgive

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Délier
Se délier to get out of (an obligation), come undone
Me lacets se sont délies.

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Paediatrician

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Pédiatre

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A new-born

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Un nouveau-né

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Hymn, carol

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Cantique m

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Two days later, the day after tomorrow

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Surlendemain m

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Garbage collector

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Éboueur m.

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No, not really

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Non, pas vraiment

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Interfere, meddle in others business, affairs

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Se mêler de qqc

Se mêler des affaires des autres

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Mix, blend, combine, mix up, confuse

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Mêler

Se mêler à qqn mingle with sb

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Declin, founder, go down with, fall’into

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Sombrer

Il a sombré dans l’alcoolisme …..decline into

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Misty, foggy, hazy

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Brumeux. -se

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Sleepiness, doze, lethargy, fading n

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Assoupissement m

Apres le diner Pierre est pris d’un leger ass…

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Crazy, mad, loopy, madman

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Cinglé

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Foolhardedness, rashness n

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Témérité f

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Coolness, collectedness n

Relaxation

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Décontraction f

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Toothless +fig

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Edenté -e

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Foreman, supervisor

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Contremaître

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Charade, display

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Parade f

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Saucer

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Surcoupe f

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Hairy

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Velu

Plus velu hairier

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Whinger, complainer n

Always complaining adj

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Râleur -euse

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He fought an urge to yawn

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Il a du réprimer une envie de bâiller

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Wrongly, mistakenly

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À tort

À tort ou à raison rightly or wrongly

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Talk nonsense, say whatever comes into yr head

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Parler à tort et à travers

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Sub Machine gun

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Mitraillette f

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Throw out, show sb the door

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Flanquer qqn à la porte

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In turns, by turn

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Tour à tour

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Hint n

Make a reference to, allude to

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Allusion f

Faire allusion à

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To turn around, make a u turn

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Faire demi-tour

Il fit demi-tour et se dirigea vers le lit

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For heavens sake

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Pour l’amour du ciel!

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Quarrel, fight,mayhem trouble, scrap, spar

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Grabuge m

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Lease, tenure

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Bail m

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Fury, rage

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Furie f

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Run into, bump into, collide with

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Heurter

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Ink

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Encre f

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Touched, stirred, filled w emotion adj

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Ému -e

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blackmail

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Chantage m
Faire du chantage à qqn
Chabtage affectif emotional blackmail, guilt trip

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Grudgingly, unwillingly, reluctanrly

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À contrecoeur adv

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Rib

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Côte f

Cage thoracique f rib cage

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The virtue of patience

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La vertu de la patience

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Sample, cross section

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Échantillon m

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Generosity, goodness, kindness

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Bonté f

Bonté divine! Goodness gracious me!

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Indisputable, unquestionable

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Irrécusable adj

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Lightning, thunderbolt

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Foudre m

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Cover, front cover (paper, book)
Blanket, bedcovers
Coverage

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Couverture f

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Hungry, greedy, voracious asj

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Avide
Etre avide de
Avide de savoir keen to learn

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Skilful, clever, capable

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Habile adj

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Bastard

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Salopard m

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Packed, full to capacity adj
Last straw, limit
Attic, loft

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Comble adj and nm

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Powerful, strong, vigorous, energetic

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Puissant adj

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HIV positive

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Séropositif m

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Vandalise, ransack, trash

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Saccager

Saccage nm vandalising

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He was still there

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Il était toujours là

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Shipwreck, collapse n

Shipwrecked adj

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Naufrage m
Naufragé
On est naufragé en plein désert.

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Brand new

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Flambant neuf

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Lime, lime tree

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Tilleul m

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Embezzelment, misappropriation

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Malversation

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Blindness and deafness

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De cecité et de surdité

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Interrogation, questioning, appeal

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Interpellation f

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Connection

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Branchement

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Shine, gleam, radiant, burning, blazing

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Flambant

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Scorn, contempt, disregard n

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Mépris m

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Concern, consideration
Care attention
Job task (first) aid

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Soin m

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DNA

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D’ADN

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Make no secret of

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Faire mystère de

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The elder, elderly, senior person, former

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Ancien
Ce ministre est un ancien avocat. …a former lawyer
Il faut prendre soin de ses anciens. We have to take care of our older people.

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Sip v

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Siroter

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He is with a class mate to do his marhs

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Il est chez un camarade de classe pour travailler ses maths.

160
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Have a nice day

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Je vous souhaite le bonjour

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Pigeon

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Pigeon m

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Stammer, mumble, stutter, falter

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Bafouiller

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Child pornogrhy

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Pornographique enfantine

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Rent n

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Loyer m

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Single file

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File indienne

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Crew neck

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Encolure ras du du cou

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(Animal) neck, collar, collar size

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Encolure f

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Timing n

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Minutage m

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Overcoat, coat

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Pardessus m

Par-dessus prep over, above, on top of + over sb´s head

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Hawk, falcon

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Faucon m

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To guide

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Cornaquer

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Politeness, manners, etiquette

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Bienséance f

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Rain forest

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La forêt pluviale

And rain as an adj

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Damage, injury, harm

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Dégâts mpl

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Greed

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Avidité f

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Shelf

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Étagère f

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Fee, around, grope for

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Tâtonner

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Switch n

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Interrupteur m

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Scratch, scuff, abrasion

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Éraflure f

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Crowbar

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Pied -de-biche m

Pl pieds-de-biche

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Having put the clock back

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Avoir retardé l’heure

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Politically correct

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Politiquement correct

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Glass, wine glass

Ball, balloon

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Ballon m

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Reunion

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Retrouvailles fpl

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Clearly, obviously

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Manifestement

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At theexpense of sb

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Aux dépense de qqn

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Appetizer

Small talk

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Amuse-gueule m

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Octopus

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Poulpe m

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In the middle of the night

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En plein nuit

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Pale- dull, drab, solemn

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Blême

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Imply, hint

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Sous-entendre

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Supplies, sundries, office supplies (stationery)

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Fourniture f

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Training, education

Setting up

A

Formation f

194
Q

Coat hanger, hanger

Arch

A

Cintre m

Cintré adj inf nuts, balmy, loony+ belted (clothes) + curved, roundex

195
Q

Jumper, sweater, pullover

A

Chandail m

196
Q

Overall, coat (doctors f ex), smock, blouse

A

Blouse f

197
Q

Thief

A

Chapardeur m

198
Q

Reliability, trustworthiness

A

Fiabilité f

199
Q

Pig, glutton

A

Goinfre l
Se goinfre de qqc binge, gorge, stuff yr self on something
Goinfrer pig out, binge, gorg

200
Q

Punishment, penalty

A

Châtiment m

201
Q

Sensual, lustful

A

Lascif adj

202
Q

Ridicule, scorn v

A

Bafouer

203
Q

Small bottle, hip flask, flask, vial

A

Fiole f

204
Q

Cup, small dish

A

Coupelle f

205
Q

Syringe

A

Seringue f

206
Q

Shove, poke n

A

Bourrade f

207
Q

Crime, offence

A 
Délit m
Délit d'initié     insider trading
Délit de fuite    Hit and run offence
Flagrant délit in the act, red handed
Prendre en flagrant délit catch sb in the act' red handed

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