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outrance

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excess, outrageousness

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crispations

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twitching, tensing, contracting; tensing, state of tension

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tenailles

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pliers; pincers

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faucon

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falcon, hawk; hawk (war)

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noeud

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knot; bow; junction, node;

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fendre

se fendre

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split, chop, cleave

crack, be split

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âprement

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closely, bitterly

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concevoir

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design, design, come up with; understand, appreciate;

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tomber dans en guet-apens

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fall into a trap

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moine

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monk, hermit,

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cotoyer

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rub shoulders with; mix with; stand alongside [sth]

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boucler

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be curly, curl; close off cordon off; complete, settle, put an end to

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paysage

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landscape, scenery; view, panorama, overview

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feux d’artifices

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fireworks

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raquette

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racket (tennis), snowshoe;

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évoluer

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progress, develop; change, evolve; play, perform;

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lecteur

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reader ( one who loves to read); i.e. a DVD;

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maison d’édition

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publishing house

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au détail

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retail

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ludique

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fun, playful, play

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soupape

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valve, plug

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tambour

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drum (musical); revolving (door)

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flouer

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swindle

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démarcheur

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door-to-door sales rep, door-to-door sales

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contrer

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block (ie a punch), counter (plans)

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fuyant

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sits-on-a fence, evasive; elusive; receding; weak

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pudiquement

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modestly, decorously, discreetly

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déchiffrer

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decipher, decode, sight- read

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brio

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brilliance, verve, panache

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battre
se battre
bat

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beat, hit, defeat
fight each other, fight one another
(slang) a joint (pot); pétard

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confession

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confession, admission; faith, denomination

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grâce

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grace, charm; gracefulness; pardon, mercy

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reposante

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relaxing

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rèciproque

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mutual, reciprocal; vice versa

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engelures

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chilblain-an inflammatory swelling or sore caused by exposure (as of the feet or hands) to cold

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haut-de-gamme

gamme

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top of the range, high end, premium service, upscale

scale, range

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salement

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messily

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apostats

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apostate: someone whose beliefs have changed and who no longer belongs to a religious or political group

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septentrionale

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northern

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décrire

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describe,

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steppe

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steppe
one of the vast usually level and treeless tracts in southeastern Europe or Asia;
arid land with xerophilous vegetation found usually in regions of extreme temperature range and loess soil

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talonné

talonner

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followed

spur; followon [sbs] heels; hound; torment

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loufoque

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zany, madcap; wild, bizarre, crazy

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clos

clore

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enclosed plot; enclosed, closed

close off, fence off

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arpenter

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survey, stride along, stride across

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comédienne

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actor

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à la fois

bien de fois

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both, at the same time, at once

many times over

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emmerdeur

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nuisance, pain in the neck/ass

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trousse

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pencil case (school); bag, case (makeup)

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filou

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crook, imp, rascal

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obscurantisme

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obscurantisme: opposition to the spread of knowledge :  a policy of withholding knowledge from the general public;
a style (as in literature or art) characterized by deliberate vagueness or abstruseness
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rigolard

pour rigoler

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grinning

for fun, for the fun of it

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rapt

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kidnappng, abduction

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pratique courante

courant

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common practice

common, commonplace; everyday, ordinary; current

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assainissement

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clean-up, cleanup operation, purification, sanitation; stabilization

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veston

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jacket

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assimilé

assimiler

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assimilated, understood; equivalent; absorbed; integrated

assimilate, integrate, digest

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supercherie

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fraud, confidence trick

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monnayer

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make money out of; give [sb] change for; sell, trade

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dégâts

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damage; injury; harm

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prendre fin

toucher à sa fin

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expire, end

come to an end, near the end, draw to a close

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biais

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crooked (as a picture), askew, aslant, not straight/level

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tancer

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scold, reprove, admonish

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abrogation

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repeal, abrogation

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atteindre

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get to, reach; attain, achieve, meet; harm, touch, affect

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fronde

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revolt; sling-shot

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fougère (plante de sous-bois)

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fern

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empiéter

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impinge, encroach upon,

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atterrer

atterrées

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dismay, appal

dismayed, distressed

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excentré

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way out of the center

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auditeurs

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listeners; audience; auditor

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dédommager

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compensate, indemnify; pay [sb] damages for [sth]

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fédérer

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unite, group, federate

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numérique

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numerical; digital, digital technology

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parapher

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initial, signed

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compagne

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partner, companion

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lettonne

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Latvian

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embourgeoisement

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gentrification

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congé

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leave, take time off, vacation; notice, resignation

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résiliation

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cancellation, termination

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étayer

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support, hold up, prop up

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lenteur

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slowness

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fioul

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heating oil, fuel oil

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feuille de route.

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roadmap

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piétiner

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stamp (as, one’s feet); get nowhere, make no headway

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hantise

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obsessive fear; obsession

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trajet

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journey, flight, ride

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superficie

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area, surface area; outward appearance

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provenance

en provenance de

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origin, source

from, coming from

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recrue

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recruit, recruitement

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Romand

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inhabitant of French speaking Switzerland

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Alémanique

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a group of dialects spoken in Switzerland, Germany and Austria

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rivalités

rivaliser

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rivalry, competion

rival, compete

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touareg

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Tuareg (African group)

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dessus
au-dessus de
au-dessus de la moyenne

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top, back (the back); upstairs, on it (ie, sat on it)
above, over, higher than
above average

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dessous

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underneath, on the bottom, below, downstairs; underware, undies

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navigateur (navigatrice)

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seafarer, sailor, navigator; browser (internet)

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nageuse, nageur

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swimmer

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dépassement

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overtaking, passing; overcharging, overspending, overspend

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vertement

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vivaciously