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February Flashcards

1
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to tackle (figuratively), to hitch (a horse to something)

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atteler

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a shake-up

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un chamboulement

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to lose one’s mind, to be losing it (exp)

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perdre la boule

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the outskirts, the vicinity, the edge

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les abords

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a trough or watering hole

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un abreuvoir

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to patch, to patch up

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rapiécer

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to relax/ease/loosen/liberalize, to loosen up

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s’assouplir

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to fumble / get flustered, to cock up

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cafouiller

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9
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a crest / patch / badge

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un écusson

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10
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starch (dietary), cornstarch

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la fécule

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11
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hinges (on a door)

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les gonds, les charnières

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12
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a gateway, footbridge

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une passerelle

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13
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to tangle

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emmêler

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14
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to raise a red flag, to set off a warning (exp)

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mettre la puce à l’oreille

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15
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to compensate for, to offset

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compenser

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16
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to question or detain

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interpeller

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17
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cradle or birthplace

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le berceau

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18
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fond of, partial to

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friand(e) de

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19
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to rustle (like leaves)

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bruire

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20
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it looks (like), it’s like sthg

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on dirait (que)

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21
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acting like a dick, oafish

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relou

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22
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a rowboat

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une chaloupe

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23
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to water or drench

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abreuver

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24
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to throw in the towel (exp)

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jeter l’éponge

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25
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he’s getting on my nerves (exp)

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il me court sur le haricot

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26
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to have a big head (exp)

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avoir les chevilles qui enflent

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27
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to be around, associate with, or rub shoulders with

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côtoyer

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28
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a skiff or small boat

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un esquif

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29
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a swarm / a hive

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un essaim

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30
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shady / fishy / suspicious

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louche

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31
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It’s crazy/bad weather

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it fait un temps de chien

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32
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to blow a fuse, to go mental (exp)

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péter un plomb

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33
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integral

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intégrante

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34
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jaded

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blasé(e)

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35
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slit / opening in a castle wall to shoot through

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une meurtrière

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36
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to outbid, overbid, raise the stakes

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surenchérir

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37
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to split hairs (exp)

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couper les cheveux en quatre

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38
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wax (n)

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la cire

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39
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to dodge

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esquiver

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40
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to eat like a pig, to eat for two

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manger comme quatre

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41
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a boat

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une barque

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42
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to rob or to point

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braquer

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43
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in custody (by the police)

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en garde à vue

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44
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a shanty / hovel

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une masure

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45
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to rhyme

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rimer

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46
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to hasten, to hurry

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s’empresser, se presser

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47
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mixed race

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métis(se)

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48
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ills, evils (problems)

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les maux

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49
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to grow bold, become bolder

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s’enhardir

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50
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overnight, all of a sudden (exp)

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du jour au lendemain

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51
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bleak / dreary / dismal

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morne

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52
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a heap / mound

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un monceau

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53
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to sweet talk or bullshit someone

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baratiner

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54
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to alienate

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(s’) aliéner

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55
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a pettiness

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une mesquinerie

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56
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a badger

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un blaireau

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57
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shameless

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éhonté

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58
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a seal (on an envelope)

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un sceau

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59
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a footlocker / trunk

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une malle

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60
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an anvil

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un enclume

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61
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a chime

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un carillon

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62
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to flush out, to root out

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débusquer

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63
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to recite

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déclamer, réciter

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64
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what a bore

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quel raseur

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65
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to cart, to “take the piss”

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charrier

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66
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in bold, bold-face, bold-type

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en gras

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67
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others, other people, another person

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autrui

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68
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“once and for all”

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une bonne fois pour toutes

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69
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perceptive, insightful

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perspicace

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70
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meander / meandering

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un / en méandre

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71
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the damage

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le(s) dégât(s)

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72
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a latch

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un loquet

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73
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a watercraft / vessel, generic boat

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une embarcation

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74
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to crack, to crack up

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craquer

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75
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to unfold

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déplier

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76
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to put the cart before the horse (exp)

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mettre la charrue avant les bœufs

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77
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lush, in leafy surroundings

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verdoyant

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78
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balding / thinning

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dégarni

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79
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dread, fear

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l’effroi (m)

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80
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to untangle or unravel

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démêler

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81
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a neigh, whinnying (horse)

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un hennissement

82
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to be adjacent to, to adjoin

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jouxter

83
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a hut

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une hutte

84
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to sizzle / hiss

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grésiller

85
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to shine / wax / polish

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cirer

86
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to come up against, to be confronted by

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se heurter à

87
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a profusion / abundance / an overrun

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un foisonnement

88
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cigarette butt, a roach

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un mégot

89
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to gossip or blab

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jaser

90
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a swamp, marsh, bog

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un marécage, un marais

91
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to shrivel up

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se ratatiner

92
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a sheath or scabbard

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un fourreau

93
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a chicken / sissy / coward

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une poule mouillée

94
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curvature

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la courbure

95
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an eagle

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un aigle

96
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to be worried sick (exp)

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se faire un sang d’encre

97
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brazen, cheeky

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effronté

98
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to buzz, hum, or drone

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bourdonner

99
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appalled, aghast

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atterré

100
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mortar

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le mortier

101
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to sit around doing nothing, to daydream

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buller

102
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when pigs fly (exp)

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quand les poules auront des dents

103
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sickly

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maladif

104
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to christen or “break in”

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étrenner

105
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to conclude, to close (a debate)

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(chercher) à clore

106
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novel, unprecedented

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inédit

107
Q

it’s nothing to write home about (exp)

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ça casse pas trois pattes à un canard

108
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straw (like in a field)

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la paille

109
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to come to blows (fighting)

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en venir aux mains

110
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to hurl abuse at each other

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s’invectiver

111
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fallen, cast down, deposed, stripped

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déchu

112
Q

Small door on a castle or fortified wall to sneak through

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une poterne

113
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to have your cake and eat it too (exp)

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avoir le beurre et l’argent du beurre

114
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to squirm

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frétiller

115
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to clash, collide, do battle

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s’affronter

116
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to line, garnish, top with

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garnir (de)

117
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formally

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formellement

118
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to put away or clean up (eating), to put it the oven

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enfourner

119
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to wrack one’s brains (exp)

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se creuser la tête

120
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to coax, placate, appease

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amadouer

121
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a tail (of a thing, like a plane) or fletching

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un empennage

122
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asbestos

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l’amiante (f)

123
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sober

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sobre

124
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to pick your teeth (like flossing)

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se curer les dents

125
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stunted, rickety

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rachitique

126
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an abortion

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un avortement

127
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a strange/funny guy

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un zigoto / un drôle de zigoto

128
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i don’t care at all (exp)

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rien à cirer, j’en ai rien à cirer

129
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at the very least

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tout au moins

130
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out of breath, winded

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essoufflé

131
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tinder (for a fire)

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l’amadou (m)

132
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to imprison

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écrouer

133
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a hut or shack

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une cahute

134
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a safeguard or railing

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un garde-fou

135
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“speak of the devil” (exp)

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parle du loup, parlant du loup

136
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to go bananas (a person or a situation)

A

devenir chèvre

137
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a canoe

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une pirogue

138
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to build, hatch

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échafauder

139
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an oven or drying stove

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une étuve

140
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to tattle on, to snitch on

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moucharder, cafarder

141
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to feel, to try, to have “a taste” of something

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tâter

142
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to knock out, stun, bludgeon

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assommer

143
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fragmented

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fragmenté, morcelé

144
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a decoy

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un leurre

145
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a brawl

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une rixe

146
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childbirth, labor (in birthing)

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l’accouchement (m)

147
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to dawdle / to dilly dally

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lambiner

148
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depleted, impoverished

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appauvri

149
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says, “this coming from”

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dixit

150
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a vest

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un gilet, un veston

151
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to slaughter

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abattre

152
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to rumble (like thunder)

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gronder (also to scold, berate)

153
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an attic

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un grenier

154
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to purr, to drone

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ronronner

155
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to wield / wave / brandish

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brandir

156
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the depopulation

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la désertification

157
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to go to shit, shit hitting the fan

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partir en couille

158
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you can’t judge a book by its cover (exp)

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l’habit ne fait pas le moine

159
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a shrub or shrubbery

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un arbrisseau

160
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crutches

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les béquilles (f)

161
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a job that is really easy, a cakewalk

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une sinécure

162
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recovering from

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récupérer de, (se) remettre de

163
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a break in (forced entry)

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l’effraction / avec effraction

164
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ripe, mature

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mûr(e)

165
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tedious, tiresome

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fastidieux, assommant

166
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a stretcher or gurney

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une civière

167
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the livestock

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le bétail

168
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arched or vaulted (ceiling)

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en voûte

169
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rural policeman / game warden

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un garde champêtre

170
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to crumple / to ruffle

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froisser

171
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to clump (together)

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agglutiner (ensemble)

172
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ramparts, walls, fortifications

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les remparts

173
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to be groggy or out for the count (exp)

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être dans le cirage

174
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a straw hat

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un canotier

175
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slender

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gracile, élancé

176
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nonsense / baloney / poppycock

A

les balivernes

177
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a jug

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une cruche

178
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demented, crazy

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dément

179
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hearth / fireplace

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un âtre

180
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to elevate

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surélever

181
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a court appearance

A

une comparution

182
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a fallback position

A

une position de repli

183
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a curve

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une courbe

184
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to flinch / waver / lose heart

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flancher

185
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a gambling den

A

un tripot

186
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a sketch

A

un croquis

187
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to steal / filch / pinch

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chiper

188
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a “head of hair” / a mop (hair)

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une tignasse

189
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to taunt

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narguer

190
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to hatch a plan/plot

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tramer un complot

191
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a diamond (shape) / a rhombus

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un losange

192
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jolt, blip, upheavals, convulsions

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un (des) soubresaut(s)

193
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piece of nonsense, poppycock

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une faribole

194
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a beetle

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un scarabée

195
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a miscarriage

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une fausse couche

196
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a callus

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un cal, un callus

197
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flourishing, prosperous, thriving

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florissant

198
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a swig, a drink

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une lampée

199
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to swarm

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fourmiller

200
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a steady stream, a steady flow

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un flot continu

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