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dérouler

se dérouler

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roll out, uncoil, unwind

take place, uncoil

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attroupement

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gathering, crowd, mob

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prendre à partie

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take to task

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cocher

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check (review); coachman

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droit

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straight; upright, erect; right, entitlement; right; law

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rechercher

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look for, see hunt, research

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faire suivre

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redirect, forward

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lasser

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bore, tire, leave weary

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cisseaux

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scissors

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inventaire

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inventory, stock pile

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sine die

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without any future date being designated, indefinetly

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dédouaner

se dédouaner

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pay customs duty, clear goods from customs
clear sb’s name, rehabilitate
make up for something, get yourself off the hook

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trêve

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truce, let up, rest, break

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héritière

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heir, inheritor, successor

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dépaysement

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change of scene, disorientation

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gestionaire

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manager, administrator

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dédale

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maze, labyrinth

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force de l’ordre

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the police

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joncher

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cover, blanket, be strewn with, be scattered with

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humilié

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mortified, chagrined, humbled

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refluer

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flow back, ebb, surge back

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collectivité

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community

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retrouver

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find sth, find sth again, turn up

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vaste

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huge, immense, vaste

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funeste

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gruesome, macabre, dire, gloomy

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écouler

s’écouler

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sell, move, unload, dispose of

pass, flow by, flow, discharge

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hors de cause

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in the clear, out of the picture

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zone d’ombre

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gray area

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sombrer

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sink, go down, decline

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foi

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faith, confidence, belief

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restes

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remains (ie ) human, leftovers, cadavre, scraps

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gardes-côtes

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coast guard

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restituer

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give back, return, reestablish, reproduce

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ndlr

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note de la rédaction, Editor’s note

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imprudence

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recklessness, carelessness, negligence

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rouler

se rouler

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roll, drive, work for

roll about

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ratrapper

se rattrapper

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catch

make up for, catch up

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figurer

se figurer

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appear, feature, depict, symbolize

imagine

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dresser

se dresser

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tame, train, raise, erect

stand, rise against, loom

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myostis

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forget-me-not

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salle de vente

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auction

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emporter

s’emporter

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take away, carry away

lose your temper, bolt

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allusion

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allusion, hint, veiled reference

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brandir

brandir la menace de

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wave, brandish

threaten with

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répertorier

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index, list, identify

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décrisper

se décrisper

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defuse, make less tense, relax

lighten up, relax

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entrevoir

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glimpse, catch sight of, sense, foresee, have an inkling

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cynophile

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dog lover

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coups mortels

homicide involuntaire

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manslaughter

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concours

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competitive exam, competition, contest

cooperation, support

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dominical

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Sunday

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grisaille

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colorlessness, gray

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internat

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boarding school, internship, residency

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bal

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dance, ball, hop

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beaucoup de monde

A

many people

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bébête

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childish, silly

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bêcher

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dig, have a go at, sneer, scorn, deride, look down on

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démarrage

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start, starting up, beginning

pulling away, acceleration

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ailier

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winger, wing

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clore

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close, shut off, enclose

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qualifier

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consider, have the opinion that, characterize

describe yourself, qualify

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corne

corner

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horn
turn down (ie a corner)
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provenir

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come from, originating in, arise from, come from

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civil

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civilian, civil life, civil, courteous

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affrontement

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confrontation, battle, clash

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approvisionnement

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supply of provisions, supply, provisions

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décousu

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undone, unstitched

rambling, incoherent, desultory, disjointed

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ourlet

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hem, rim, lip

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bague
anneau
anneau vaginal

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ring, band
ring, circle
diaphragm

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trou du cul
connard
salopard
enfoiré

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asshole
bugger, asshole, jackass, fucker, schmuck, dick
bastard
fuck head

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visser

vis

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to screw, glue, bolt

screw

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sens

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sense, direction, way, meaning

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terme

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end, term, limit, wording

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récupération

récuperer

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salvage

get back, recover, salvage, recuperate

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avarie

avarié

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damage

rotten, damaged

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empester

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plague, make sth stink, corrupt, poison

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prodiguer

se prodiguer

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dispense, pour out

devote yourself

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cale

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hold (of a ship), block, chock, wedge

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afflux

flot

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influx, flood

figurative as in: a flood of tears

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recentrer

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recenter, refocus, redefine

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stupéfaction

stupéfier

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amazement

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avant-coureur

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precursory

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dégat

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damage, harm

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au lieu de, plutôt, préferer

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instead, rather

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produire

se produire

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produce, make, provide, generate

perform, exhibit, occur

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fleur de peau

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highly sensitive, thin skinned

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clochard

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vagrant, bum, hobo

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s’agenouiller

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kneel, knee down

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caqueter

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cackle, gossip, chatter

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poule

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hen
pool (of teams)
better half, significant other
dear, love, honey

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goguenard

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mocking, jeering

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nouvelle

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short story, novella, breaking news

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croiser

se croiser

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cross breed, cruise

pass each other, bump/run into each other

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par hasard

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by chance, by accident

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cuivre

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copper, brass

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malfaiteur

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wrong-doer, criminal

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chavirer

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capsize, turn over, keel over, turn upside down

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hébergement

héberger

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accomodations, lodging, putting in shelter

accomodate, put up, shelter

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nourrisson

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infant

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envenimer

s’envenimer

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infect, poison, aggravate

deteriorate, grow worse, worsen

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