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1
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fouet à œufs

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egg whisk

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de plein fouet

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full-force, head-on

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décalage horaire

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time difference

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apesanteur

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weightlessness

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abreuver

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  1. to water (an animal)
  2. to soak, to irrigate
  3. syn: accabler- to shower, to heap
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s’abreuver

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to drink

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abreuver qqn de

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to overwhelm s.o. with

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veille

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  1. eve of
  2. to watch over, to look after
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se dépêtrer de

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to extricate oneself from

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fourré

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thicket

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enregistrement

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  1. registration
  2. recording
  3. checking in
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enregistrement des bagages

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luggage check-in

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escamoter

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  1. to cause to disappear
  2. to retract, to fold away
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entreprendre

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to undertake, to start, to embark on

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le sas

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  1. syn: crible- sieve
  2. enclosure (in a canal lock)
  3. airlock
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dru(e)

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  1. thick, dense, bushy
  2. heavy
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avoir la barbe drue

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to have a thick beard

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une pluie drue

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heavy rain

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atavique

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atavistic = a genetic trait inherited from ancestors

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acquis

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  1. acquired
  2. established, accepted
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tenir pour acquis

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to take for granted

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le rein

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kidney

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les reins

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back, kidneys

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avoir mal aux reins

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to have a backache

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le détroit

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strait
ie. le détroit de Gebraltar

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décaler

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  1. to move forward or back ( a time, date)
  2. to move, to shift ( an object)
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fausser

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  1. to falsify, to distort
  2. syn: déformer
    to bend out of shape
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la célérité

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syn: vitesse
speed, swiftness

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flotter

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  1. to float
  2. to fly, to flutter, to drift
  3. to fluctuate
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englober

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to include

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engloutir

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  1. to gobble up, to devour
  2. to engulf, to swallow up
  3. to squander
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gênant

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  1. syn: embarrassant - embarrassing, awkward
  2. cumbersome, in the way
  3. syn: ennuyeux - annoying, intrusive
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fauves

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big cats

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mousse

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  1. moss
  2. froth, foam, lather
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dominer

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  1. to dominate
  2. syn: maîtriser - to master, to control
  3. to out class, to surpass
  4. to tower over
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encaisser

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  1. to cash (a check), to collect (money)
  2. fam: to take, to tolerate
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encaisser un coup

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to take a beating

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38
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je ne peux pas l’encaisser

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I can’t take it

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39
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une encaisse

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cash in hand

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40
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bigarrée

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multicolored

41
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coquette

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stylish

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escouade

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  1. syn: escadron - squad
  2. gang, group
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embryon

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embryo

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tâter

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  1. syn: palper - to feel
  2. to sound out
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La nacre

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mother-of-pearl

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tâter le terrain

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to check out the lay of the land 

47
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écœurer

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to nauseate

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happer

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to seize, to snatch

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être happé par

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to be hit by (a car, train etc)

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bête

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  1. stupid
  2. animal
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aux aguets

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on the lookout

52
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bête à bon Dieu
la coccinelle

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ladybug

53
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c’est tout bête

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there’s nothing to it

54
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agrumes

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citrus fruits

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le soubresaut

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jolt, start

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entraver

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  1. to shackle, to fetter
  2. syn: gêner - to hold up, to hinder
57
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en revanche

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on the other hand

58
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la revanche

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  1. revenge
  2. return match (in sports)
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asperger

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to spray, to sprinkle, to splash

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fulgurante

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  1. syn: éblouissant - dazzling
  2. shooting, searing, intense
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bourrue

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gruff

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être cueilli à froid

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to be caught off guard

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refluer

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  1. to ebb, to flow back
  2. to surge back (of crowds etc)
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épingle

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pin

65
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épingle de sûreté

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safety pin

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coiffer

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  1. to top, to cover
  2. to head
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pillard

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looter

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le pillage

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looting, pillaging

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le jarret

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  1. back of the knee, hamstring
  2. hock (of an animal)
  3. shank(in cooking)
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répérer

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  1. to mark
  2. to locate, to pinpoint
  3. to spot, to catch sight of
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morne

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  1. syn: sombre - dismal, gloomy
  2. glum, sullen
72
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enfilade

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row, succession

73
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la gâchette

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trigger

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se méfier

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to be careful, to beware

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méfiez-vous dans cette rue

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be careful on this street

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se pencher

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to hunch over, to bend down

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pencher sur

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to look into, to examine

78
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pencher

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syn: incliner
1. to tilt, to tip
2. to slant, to lean

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pencher pour

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to incline towards, to favor

80
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relais

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relay

81
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la toupie

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top (toy)

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bercer

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  1. to rock (a baby)
  2. to sooth, to lull
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se bercer

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  1. to rock, to swing
  2. to delude oneself
84
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méduser

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to dumbfound, stupefy

85
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s’empourprer

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to turn crimson

86
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la lacune

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gap, lacuna ( a missing part, space)

87
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la cravache

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whip, crop

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empiète sur

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to encroach upon, to infringe on

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rêveur

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dreamy

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lippue

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thick-lipped

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baliser

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to mark with beacons or signs

92
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piste

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track, trail

93
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désamorcer

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to defuse

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le crochet

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hook

95
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faire un crochet

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to make a detour

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tourner rond

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to run smoothly, to go well

97
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ça ne tourne pas rond

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something is not quite right

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résigner

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to relinquish, to resign

99
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par-dessus le marché

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to top it all off

French Vocab 2022 (10 decks)

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