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Censé(e)

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Supposed

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Être censé(e)

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To be supposed to

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Un dispositif

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Device, plan, (system)

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Le loyer

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Rent

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Freiner

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To brake, curb

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Lié

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Friendly with, close to

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Reposer

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To rest, put down

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Se reposer (de qqch)

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To have a rest / recover from

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Un signalement

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Description, particulars, report

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Disponible

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Available

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Un(e) locataire

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Tenant

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Le dépassement [d’horaire]

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Overtaking, overshooting, [overrunning]

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Serrer

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Squeeze, tighten, grip tightly

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Serrer la main de qqn

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Shake sb’s hand

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Se serrer

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To squeeze up / huddle

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Se serrer la ceinture

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To tighten one’s belt

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Tel(le)

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Such, like

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Un parcours

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Journey, route, course

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Un parcours de combattant

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Assault course, uphill battle

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Abordable

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Affordable, approachable

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Compter

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To count, to include

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Tenir compte de

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Take into account, pay heed to

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Sans compter

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Not to mention, not counting

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Un bail (pl baux)

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A lease

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Le crédit-bail
Leasing
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Un objet
Object (a thing), subject
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Faire l'objet de
Be the subject of
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Un conflit
Dispute, conflict
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Une amende
Fine (sanction)
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(Faire) amende honorable
(Make) amends
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Ainsi
Thus, so, as
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Hors
Except (for)
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Être hors de danger
To be out of danger
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Hors d'usage, hors de service
Out of order, out of use
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S'avérer
To turn out, to prove, to prove true
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S'avérer faux
To prove false
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Or (conj.)
Yet, but, now
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L'or (nm)
Gold
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La surface
Surface, area
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Parmi
Among, amongst
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La preuve
Proof, evidence
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Le foyer
Hearth, focal spot, home
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Agir
To act
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S'agir
To involve, it's about, it's a matter of
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Davantage
More, longer
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Un étau
A vice (as in a tool)
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Reconnaître
Recognise, admit, acknowledge
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Lors de
Then, during
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Un assouplissement
A softening, relaxation
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Désormais
[From] now [on]
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Soumettre
To submit [something]
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Soumis à
Subject to
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Soumis
Submissive
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Supprimé(e)
Deleted
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(Se) remplir
To fill up, fill out, fulfil
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Troquer
To exchange, to swap
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Les gants (mpl.)
Gloves
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Autour
Around
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Soulager qqn
To relieve smn
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Net(te)
Clear, neat, definite, sharp
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Lorsque
When
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Auparavant
Previously, before
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Tousser
To cough
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Un toux
A cough
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Un poing
A fist
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Le plafond
Ceiling
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Ôter
Remove, take off, take away
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Un pardessus
Overcoat
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Aucun
No, none, any
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Pencher
To tilt, to lean
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Se pencher
To lean over
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Redresser
To straighten
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Se redresser
To recover, right itself, sit up
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La douleur
Pain, grief
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Douloureux(euse)
Painful
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Aborder
To approach, tackle, land, go into
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Une cachotterie
Mystery, little secret
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Faire des cachotteries
To be secretive
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Un abord
A first
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D'abord
At first
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A contrecœur
Reluctantly
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Maint(e)
Many a
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À maintes reprises
Time and again
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Pourtant
Yet
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Quelconque
Any
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Pour une raison quelconque
For some reason or another
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Tromper
To deceive, mislead
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Se tromper
To be mistaken, wrong
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Entendre
To hear, to understand, to mean
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Un échec
A failure
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Un gendre
Son-in-law
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Réglé
Well-ordered, ruled, settled
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Dépister
To detect
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Un tailleur
Suit, tailor
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Inattendu(e)
Unexpected
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Ajouter
To add, to append
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Empêcher
To prevent
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S'empêcher
To stop os. from doing sthg
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Mener
To take, to lead, to manage
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Un souffle
Breath, blast
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Un néant
None, nothingness
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Guère
Scarcely, hardly
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Un âne
Donkey, ass
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Méchant(e)
Nasty, naughty, vicious
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La revanche
Revenge
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En revanche
On the other hand, however
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Apercevoir
To see, to notice, perceive
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Inaperçu
Unnoticed
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Pénible
Painful, tiresome
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Que ce soit
Whatsoever
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Qui que ce soit
Anyone, whoever it may be
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Quoi que ce soit
Whatever
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Sinon
Otherwise, except, if not
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Parvenir
Arrive, reach, achieve
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Pourtant
Yet, nevertheless
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Exiger
To require, demand
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À peine
Hardly, barely
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La peine
Sorrow, sadness; Difficulty, trouble; Punishment, sentence
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Éloigner
To move sth away, to take sth away
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S'éloigner
To go away
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La poitrine
Chest, breast
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S'écrier
To exclaim, cry out
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Ledit, ladite (adj)
The aforementioned
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Un colis
A parcel
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Secouer
To shake
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Presser
To squeeze, to press
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Se presser
To squeeze up, crowd | To hurry up
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Le menton
Chin
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Un coude
Elbow
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Un soupir
A sigh
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Un tuyau
Pipe, hose, a tip (advice)
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La course
Running, race
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Les courses
The races, shopping
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Rédiger
To draft, to write
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Sécher
To dry
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Sec, sèche
Dry
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(S')Apprêter
To prepare, get ready for
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Un maître chanteur
Blackmailer
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Méprisable
Despicable; contemptible
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Compter
To count
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Compter faire qqch
To plan to do sth
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Comme prévu
According to plan
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Songeur(euse)
Pensive
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Appartenir
To belong
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Appartenir à qqn
To belong to smn
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Un voie
A way; a railway track; a road lane
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(être) en bonne voie
(to be) going well; on the right track
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Heurter
To hit, collide with
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Se heurter
To collide into, to crash into
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Dévisager
To stare
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Un mobile
A motive
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Le chaleur
Heat, warmth
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Le soulagement
Relief
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Eloigner
To move / take sth away
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S'éloigner
To go away / move away
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Quant à
As for
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Éprouver
To feel, to experience, (to test)
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Une estrade
Stage, dias
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De grande ampleur
Large-scale
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Je manque les gens
People miss me
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Ce qui me manque
What I miss is…
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Un emploi de temps
Schedule, timetable
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Décor / paysage
Scenery
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Un détracteur / un opposant
Opponent
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Le soutien
Support
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Les gradins
Terraces, bleachers, stands / tiers (in an auditorium or stadium)
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Une évocation
An evocation (something which evokes sthg)
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Une bouilloire
Kettle
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Souffrant
Unwell
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Lasser
To weary, tire of
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Se lasser
To grow weary / tired
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(Se) fracasser
To smash (into)
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Un gène
A gene
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La gêne
Difficulty
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Avec gêne
With difficulty
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Gêné
Embarrassed, uncomfortable
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Sans-gêne
Inconsiderate
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Se méfier
Distrust
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Toussoter
To cough
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Vif (vive)
Lively
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Étonner
Amaze
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Étonné(e)
Surprised
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Un écureuil
Squirrel
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Faillir
To fail; almost (+ inf.)
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Devancer
To lead, to be ahead of
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Arracher
To pull out, to extract, to tear out
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S'arracher à
To tear o.s. away from
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Décousu(e)
Disjointed, disconnected
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Arpenter
To pace up and down
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Taire
Keep silent
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Visser qqch
To screw sthg
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Vissée à
Fastened, fixed, screwed on to sthg
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Souriant(e)
Smiling
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Bouché
Blocked
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Un panier-repas
Packed lunch
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Astucieux(euse)
Clever, cunning, shrewd
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Charger
To load
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Facturer
To invoice, to charge
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Âpre
Sour, bitter, fierce
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Un maillon
Link (in a chain)
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Le maillon faible
The weakest link
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Une émeute
Riot
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Fins (prep or adv)
Purposes
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À des fins commerciales
For commercial purposes
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Aux seules fins de
For the sole purpose of
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Un malaise
Feeling of faintness
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Un poignet
Wrist
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Un souci
Worry
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Se dérouler
To take place
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Une jument
Mare (horse)
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Recoller
Fix, reattach
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Reculer
Move back, reverse
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Saisir
To grab, to seize, to take hold of, to enter
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Fusiller
To shoot
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Un accès
Access, outburst, fit
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Ficher
To file, put on file
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S'en ficher
To not care, have no interest
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Verouiller
To lock, to bolt
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User
To wear out, to wear down
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Gâcher
To spoil, ruin, waste
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Une gueule
Mouth
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Rater
To miss (a flight), to fail, to go wrong
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Une rame
An oar; a ream (of paper); a metro train
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L'angoisse (f)
Anxiety
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Une collation
Snack, light meal
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Un(e) meneur(euse)
Leader
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Une cible
Target
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[Aux] abois
At bay
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Être aux abois
To be in dire straits, to be desperate
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Tandis
While, whereas
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Tandis que
While, whereas
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Une encablure
A cable's length
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Nettement
Clearly, far
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Fédérer
To unite, federate
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Insoumis(e)
Rebellious
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A l'instar de
Like, following the example of
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S'exercer
To practice, to be applied
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Refuser
To refuse
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Un exploit
An achievement
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Une réussite
A success
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Une réalisation
Realisation, fulfilment, accomplishment, work
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Détenir
Hold, detain, possess
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Installer
Install, set up
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S'installer
Settle, move, relocate
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Déposer
To table, file, deposit
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Un dépôt
A deposit, warehouse, yard, cells (prison)
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Déboucher
To lead [to], to result in, to unblock
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Bondir
To jump, leap
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À l'écart [de]
Out of the way, apart from, aside from
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S'engager
Engage, commit, undertake
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Engager
To engage, hire
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Échapper
To escape, avoid
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Tabler [sur]
To rely [on]
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Le différend
[Commercial, trade] dispute
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Lâche
Loose, cowardly
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Lâcher
To let go, release, set free
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Dépit
Spite, resentement, pique
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En dépit de
Despite
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Cibler
Target, identify, focus
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Plusieurs
Several
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Débarrasser
To clear, get rid of
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Tant
So much
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En tant que
As
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Autant
So much, so many, as much, as many
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Pourtant
Yet
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D'autant que
Especially
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Habiliter
To authorise
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Habilité(e)
Authorised
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Neuf, neuve
New
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Alors
Then, so
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Alors que
When, while
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Bien entendu
Of course, naturally
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Carcéral(e)
Prison (adj.)
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Relatif à
Relating to
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Un casier
Locker, rack, filing cabinet
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Doué(e)
Gifted, talented
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Plutôt
Rather
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Cocasse
Comical, funny
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Cependant
However, nevertheless
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Nuisible
Harmful
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Un(e) postulant(e)
Applicant
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En tout
All together
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En tout cas
In any case
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En tout temps
Any time
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En tour premier lieu
At first, in first place
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Outre
Apart from, besides
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En outre
Besides, moreover
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Outre que
Apart from the fact that
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Égard
Respect
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À cet égard
In this respect
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Par / sans égard pour
Out of / without respect for
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Heure de pointe
Rush hour
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(Se) rapprocher (de)
Move closer (to)
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Constater (que)
To note, notice, record
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Un constat
Report
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Lier
To link, tie, bind
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Se lier (avec)
To make friends (with)
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Lié(e)
Very friendly with, close to, bound to
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Mettre en cause
To question, implicate, call into question
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Mettre hors de cause
To clear
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Auparavant
Previously, beforehand
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Ailleurs
Elsewhere
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D'ailleurs
Besides, by the way, moreover
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Par ailleurs
Furthermore, moreover
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Un seuil
Threshold
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Loti(e)
Well-off, lucky
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Prévenir
To warn, to inform
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Épargner
To save
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Arborer
To display, bear, sport
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Un canif
Penknife, pocket knife
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Entailler
To cut, score, slash
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Un pari
A bet
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Se révéler
To reveal o.s., to prove (to be), to turn out (to be)
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Le rapport de forces
Balance of power
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Épuisant
Exhausting
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Au fond (de)
All things considered, at the back/bottom of, in fact
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Le tissu
Fabric, cloth
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Les cuisses
Thighs
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Écarter
To spread
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Décevant
Disappointing
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Une rade
Harbour
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En rade
Stranded
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(Être) fichu
Wretched; to be finished, ruined
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Entrecouper
To interrupt
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Veiller
Watch over, to be awake
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Veiller à
To see to, make sure that
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La veille
The day before
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À la veille de
On the eve of
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Le lendemain
The day after
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Maillage
Mesh, grid, network, networking
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Inédit
New, novel, unpublished
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Pâtir (de)
Suffer (because of, from)
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Laisser entendre
To suggest, imply
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Tant
So much
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Tant mieux
So much the better, that's fine
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Un tilleul
Lime tree
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Éteindre
Turn off, put out
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Fâcher
To anger
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Taire
To keep to oneself
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Se taire (e.g. tais-toi)
To be silent
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La fusillade
Gunfire, shooting
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Un menton
Chin
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(Se) frotter (à)
To rub (against)
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Un traitement
Treatment, salary
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Orné(e)
Ornate
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Orné de
Decorated with
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Un tableau
Painting
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Une cheminée
Chimney, fireplace
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Un ouvrage
Work
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Ouvragé(e)
Elaborate
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Un croc
Fang, hook
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Atermoiements (nmpl)
Delays, procrastination
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Une échelle
Ladder, scale
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(Se) rompir
To break, break-off
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Rompu
Worn-out
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Rompu à
Experienced in; used to
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Démarrer
To start (up), get moving
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Un cafouillage
Shambles
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Menotter
To handcuff
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Les menottes (nf)
Handcuffs
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Essuyer
To wipe, dry, suffer
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Un camouflet
Snub, affront, slap in the face
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Une cuve
Tank, vat
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Une pénurie
A shortage
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Aléatoire
Random
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Une voix
Vote, voice
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Monter
To go up, to come up
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Au quart de tour
Straight away
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Une vrille
Spin
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Enfin
Well, still, at last, finally
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Paraître
To appear, to show, to come out, to seem
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Laïque
Secular, state (school)
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Un(e) laïque
Layman
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Saisissant(e)
Striking, startling, dramatic
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Éclater
To break out, explode
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Trépasser
To pass away
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Le deuil
Grief, mourning
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Guère
Hardly, almost
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Ne… guère
Scarcely
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Une recherche
A search
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Rechercher
To look for
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Recherché(e)
Sought after
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Reposant(e)
Restful, relaxing
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Par rapport à
Compared to, with regard to
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L'aise(nf)
Ease
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Aisément
Easily
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Ressentir
To feel
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Le dégout
Disgust
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Affiché
Declared
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Une affiche
Poster, notice
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Une bite
A cock, penis (slang)
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(Se) mêler
To mix, to mingle
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Morne
Dismal, dreary, bleak
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Mesquine
Petty, narrow-minded
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Une lèvre
Lip
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Le canapé
Sofa
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Écarter
Open, spread, move apart
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À l'écart (de)
Aside, apart (from)
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Largement
Wide
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(S') agenouiller
To kneel
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(S') évanouir
To faint
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(Se) pelotonner
To curl up
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Un abri
Shelter
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À l'abri
Safe, under cover
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Se méprendre (sur)
To be mistaken (about)
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Une affectation
Allocation, appointment, posting
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Fuiter
To leak (information)
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Rendre compte
Report, realise
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Afficher
To put up, to post, to display
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Tendu
Tense
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Remettre
To put back (on), to put off
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Se remettre
To recover, to get over, to restart
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N'importe quoi
Anything
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N'importe qui
Anyone
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N'importe quand
Anytime
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Un repaire
A den
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Une atteinte
Achievement, [infringement, breach]
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Porter atteinte à
To undermine
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Être atteint de
To be suffering from
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Convenir (vi)
To be suitable
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Convenir à
To suit
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Convenir de
To agree on
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Convenir que
To admit, acknowledge
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Inclure
To include
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Intégrer
To integrate
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Une tendance
Trend, tendency
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D'emblée
From the outset, straightaway
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A l'issue de
At the end of
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Éclater en sanglots
To burst into tears
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Sangloter
To sob
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Un bonhomme
A fellow
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Bonhomme (adj)
Good-natured
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Joindre (à)
To enclose (with), to attach
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Se joindre
To get in touch with (by phone)
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Une foule
A crowd
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Un cortège
Procession
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Reporter (vt)
To carry over, postpone
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Raccrocher
Hang up (the phone), put down
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Se raccrocher
Hold on to
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Accrocher (qqch à)
To hitch, (hang something up on)
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S'accrocher à
To catch on, hang on something
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Avoir envie de
To want
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Une velléité
A vague desire, hint
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Une randonnée ; faire [de la] randonnée
A hike, to go hiking
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Une randonnée pédestre
A walk, ramble
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Un franchissement
A clearing, crossing
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Un vallon
A (small) valley
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Valloné(e)
Undulating
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Un étang
Pond
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Du reste
Besides, moreover
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Prendre conscience de
To become aware of
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Une jauge
Gauge, capacity
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À contrecœur
Reluctantly
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Avenant(e)
Pleasant
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A l'avenant (de)
In keeping (with)
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Couler
To flow, run, sink
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En contrebas (de)
Below
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Une falaise
Cliff
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Calecon (nmpl)
Boxer shorts
460
Calcifié
Calcified
461
Au bord de
At the edge of, by the
462
Voire
Even, indeed, in fact
463
Produire
To produce
464
Se produire
To happen, take place
465
Sensible
Sensitive, noticeable
466
Sensiblement
Noticeably, appreciably
467
Dévoyé(e)
Delinquent, depraved
468
Une urne
Ballot box
469
Une profondeur
Depth
470
Geler
To freeze
471
Gelé(e)
Frozen
472
Emporter
To take (away)
473
S'emporter
To lose one's temper
474
Emporter la décision
To take the decision
475
Pétillant(e)
Sparkling
476
Employer
To use, to employ
477
S'employer (à)
To apply oneself (to)
478
Nulle part
Nowhere
479
Un plan de travail
Work surface, worktop, plan of work
480
Vêtu(e) (de)
Wearing, dressed (in)
481
Un tablier
Apron
482
Engueuler
To tell off
483
Bienveillant(e)
Kindly
484
Soulager (qqn de)
To relieve (sbdy of)
485
(Qqch) en chambre
An armchair sthg
486
Doté(e)
To have at one's disposal, to be equipped with
487
Emprunter
To borrow, to take, to follow, to adopt
488
Une bride
Bridle
489
Un cou
Neck
490
Rentrer
To come home, go home
491
Rentrer dans
To go in, to come in
492
Le déménagement
Moving (house), the move
493
Gâteux (euse)
Senile
494
Donner lieu à qqch
Give rise to
495
La racaille
Rabble, riff-raff
496
Se dédouaner de qqch
To clear o.s. of something
497
Habilité(e) [à]
Authorised [to]
498
Croulant(e)
Crumbling
499
Crouler (sous)
Collapse (under)
500
Dont acte
(Duly) noted