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1
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égrener

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shuck, shell, seed; list, say one by one

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chapelet

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rosary, beads

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fric

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dough (money), moolah

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fac

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faculty

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ras-le-bol

en avoir ras le bol

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gloominess, bleakness, despair

to be really fed up with; be sick and tired of

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maintien

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upkeep, maintenance; upholding; bearing, deportment;

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soutien-gorge

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bra

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ensevelir

s’ensevelir

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bury

bury one self away, hide oneself away

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secousses

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tremor; jolt, shake-up

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précoce

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early, mature beyond one’s years; precocious

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organismes publics

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government agencies

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particulier

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particular, specific; private individual; own (as in: my own car), personal

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amenuiser

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thin down; whittle down, diminish, lower

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stylo-bille

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ball point pen

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surgir

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appear suddenly; emerge, loom, show up

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escadrille

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squadron

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chef-lieu

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administrative center

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impitoyablement

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ruthlessly, pitiless, merciless

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conforter

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reinforce, strengthen; reassure, bolster; comfort

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comptabiliser

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account for; keep a record of

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treillis

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trellis, mesh; canvas

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fouiller

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search, rummage through, body search, excavate

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enjamber

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step over, cross over; span

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ruisseau

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stream

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clous
des clous
être dans les clous

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crosswalk; nail; climax, highlight
nothing doing; no way
be right on course; be where we expected to be

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épingle

sortir son épingle de jeu

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pin; hairpin

emerge unscathed; play your cards right; hold your own

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endiguer

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dyke, dyke up; contain, restrain

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bannir

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banish; ostracize, bar, ban, exclude

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préjuger de
préjuger
préjugé

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anticipate, foresee, predict
jump to conclusions
prejudice, bias

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cuvette

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basin, bowl

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amont
en amont de qch
en amont

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uphill
upstream part of [sth]
beforehand, in advance, ahead of time

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UMP

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Union pour un Mouvement Populaire

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exsangue

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worn out; pale, bloodless

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virer

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pay by bank transfer; throw out; fire (employment); tack, turn

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babord

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port, port side

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asséner

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deal [sth] to, hammer [sth]

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subventionner

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subsidise

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s’envoler

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fly away

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trône

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throne

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exemplaire

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copy, example, specimen

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prétention

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ambition, aim, objective; hope; flamboyance; requirements

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anéantir

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annihiliate, destroy, wipe out; devestate

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réseau

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grid, network

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coutumier

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customary, traditional; accustomed

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éclairer

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light up, illuminate; enlighten

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HLM (Habitation á Loyer Modéré)

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housing project

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départager

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decide between, separate, split

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postulant

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candidate

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émouvoir

s’émouvoir

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move (emotionally), stir, touch, affect

be moved, be touched, be affected

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devancer

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get ahead of, get in front of, pre-empt, precede

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aventurer

aventurés

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risk, chance

safa, adventures

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cahute

A

hut, shack

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vague

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unclear, vague, fuzzy; wave (ocean)

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digues

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dyke, seawall, embankment; barrier

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fouetter

fouet

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whip, flog, lash; beat against; whip up

whip, lash

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éclosion

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hatching, blooming

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affolement

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panic, spinning

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boussole

perdre le boussole

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compass; barometer, indicator, guide

lose your marbles; go gaga

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limogeage

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dismissal, firing

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étreindre

s’étreindre

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embrace, hug, clasp

embrace each other, hug each other

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dans l’ensemble

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overall

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argile

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clay, malleable

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bouc

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billy goat; goatee

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pommette

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cheekbone

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saillante

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prominent, projecting, protruding

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malhonnête

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dishonest, indecent, disobedient

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élan

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run-up, momentum, impetus, (sexual) urge, desire,

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ribambelle

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flock, bevy; ton, heap

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notaires

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notary, lawyer, attorney

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prud’homme

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labor court

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paritaire

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equal

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tonitruante

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blaring; booming, thundering

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irréductibles

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unsolvable, unsimplifiable; hardliner, resolute person

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fondre

se fondre

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melt, dissolve

merge, mingle

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requis

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required, stated, requested; labor conscript;

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requérir

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apply for, call for, necessitate, require

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nonchalance

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nonchalance, indolence

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dissimulation

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concealment, hiding, cover up

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séquelles

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consequences, after-effect; legacy

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dilettante

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dabbler, amateur, dilettante

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preuve

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proof, evidence

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tournevis

vis

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screwdriver

screw

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voiture-bélier<>

bélier

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ramming car/vehicle<>

ram (the animal); battering ram; Aries (astrological sign)

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contraignant

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constraining; restrictive

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abréger

s’abréger

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shorten, abbreviate, abridge, summarize; make [sth] go quickly
be shortened, be abbreviated

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gaieté

gaieté de coeur

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gaiety, cheerfulness; playfulness; joyfulness

gladly, willlingly, happily

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atterrer

atterré

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appal, dismay

dismayed, distressed

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lampiste

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maintenance man, underling

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entrave

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hinder, hamper

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manne

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godsend

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sorcellerie

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sorcery, witchcraft, magic

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priver

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take away [sth] from [sb]; deprive,

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cran

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notch, hole, rung

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désespérément

A

desperately

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pare-balle

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bullet proof, backstop

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poitrine

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chest, bust, bosom

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pan

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section, part; side, face (ie of a mountain)

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affaisser

s’affaisser

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lower;

subside, cave in, sink, slump

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chavirer

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capsize, sway,

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asperger

s’asperger

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spray

spray yourself; spray each other

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