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profitable

advantageous, profitable, rewarding

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rendement

yield, productivity, output

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locataire

tenant

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parlé, á l’oral, oral

spoken

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parer

parer á qch

block

shield yourself from, protect yourself from

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parures

parure

sets

finery, jewlery, set of jewels; set of table linen, set of bed linen,

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voilure

sails

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débridé

unbridled, unrestrained

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manche

sleeve; half (ie in football), inning ( ie in baseball, cricket)

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tenant

upholder, disciple, follower

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meneur

leader, ringleader

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retenir

hold back, catch hold of; retain, reserve (a table)

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justesse

accuracy, precision; relevance, pertinence

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malentendant

hard of hearing, partially deaf

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dernièrement

recently, lately; ultimately, finally, in the end

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ampoule

light bulb, bulb

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murer

se murer

wall up, brick up; lock [sb] into [ sth]

wall yourself up, shut yourself up

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déminage

mine-clearing; mine-sweeping

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flou

flouer

out of focus, blurred, fuzzy; vague, lazy, confused

swindle

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avatar

reincarnation; misadventure, mishap, misfortune

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bouleverser

devestate, overwehlm, upset; disrupt, turn upside down, wreck havoc

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imminent

imminent, pending

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stupéfiant

astounding, stunning; drug, narcotic

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dissuasif

dissuassive, discouraging

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frais de gestion

management fees

correctionnelle

correctional; criminal

concordante

in agreement

trompeur

deceitful, misleading; untrustworthy, fickle

synthèse

summary, overview, review; combination; synthesis

témoigner | témoigner de

bear witness, give evidence; | bear witness to, be evidence of; show, demonstrate, prove

musclé

muscled, brawny; strong-arm, aggressive, assertive; very hard

échauffourée

scuffle, brawl, clash, skirmish;

écraser

run over (with a car); press, flatten; shut up

gaspillage | gaspillage alimentaire

waste ( money, resources) | food wasteage

séance-éclair de photo

flash photo session

châle

shawl, wrap

rarissime

rarely-seen, extremely rare; rarity

moyenâgeux

midieval

mêler | se mêler de qch

mix, blend; involve, implicate | stick your 2 cents in

morosité

moroseness, gloominess

chevalet

easel, tripod, sawhorse

exaucé

fulfilled, realized, grant

déjouer

thwart, foil, frustrate; evade

fomenter

incite, foment, stir up

téléguidé

radio-controlled

prévaloir sur | se prévaloir de

prevail over | boast, claim

trompe-l'œil

window dressing

grossesse

pregnancy

accouchement

delivery; birth, childbirth; labor

constat

assessment, analysis; report, statement

crédit

credit, loan; credit, respect, credibility

précaire

precarious, frail, delicate; unstable, risky

toile de fond

back drop

constituer | se constituer

form, establish, put [sth] together | amass;

haut la main

hands dowm

rampant

creeping (as a rose bush), crawling (snakes), groveling

déclamer | déclamer sur

recite, perform, deliver | rail against, berate, castigate

se réfugier | réfugié

take refuge | refugee, asylum seeker

dérober se dérober se dérober à qch

steal, thieve hedge, equivocate, be evasive, beat around the bush shirk, evade, shy away from

breveter

patent

inculpation | chef de l'inculpation

charge (legal) | main charge, chief charge

pan

section, part, side, face; bang, whack, wallop

relier

link, link up, join, connect, bind,

supplétif

auxiliary

s'essouffler | essouffler

get out of breath, struggle | leave out of breath

mutin

mischieveous, impish; mutineer

ne pas faire long feu

be short-lived

sommation

warning, summons; addition, summation

rapprocher | se rapprocher de [qch, qqn]

bring [sth] closer | move closer to [qch, qqn]

torsadé | torsader

twisted | twist

aux dépens de qqn

at the expense of [sb], off (as: live off someone)

endiguer

contain, hold back, restrain; dyke up

verbaliser

give [sb] a ticket (fine); verbalise, put into words

inespérer

unhoped for, undreamt of

démentir

belie, contradict, deny, refute

aliéner

alienate, give [sth] up

transfrontalière

cross-border

soulever | se soulever

lift, lift up, raise | get up, rise

promouvoir

promote

attrait

attraction

trouée

hole, gap, breach

verrou

(lock) bolt; block, barrier

déplaire | se déplaire

displease, bother, irritate | dislike [sth], be uneasy about

concierge

caretaker, housekeeper, janitor; concierge

expier

pay for, atone for,

écureuil

squirrel

médiatiser

cover, broadcast, publicize

epingler

pin, pin up, catch, criticize, lambast, castigate

figure de proue

figure head

indépendantiste

independence, separatist

évidemment

obviously, needless to say, of course

insubmersible

unsinkable, in-submersible, infallible

renoncer | renoncer à qch

give up on [sth], renounce | not do something anymore, stop doing [sth]

fil | sun fil de

thread, yarn, wire, string; edge, sharp edge | in the course of, over

charrue

plow

mousson

monsoon

oser

dare, have the audacity to

écluse | éclusier

lock (canal) | lock keeper

vannes

waterworks, sluice gates (a passage way for the flow of water)

inclure

include, incorporate, attach, enclose

règlement de comptes

settling of scores