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démarche
gait, walk
approach, process
adhésion
membership, subscription
support, agreement, bond
achopper
stumble
sceptique
sceptical, disbelieving
échauder
scald, warm up
pois
petit pois
poka dot
green peas
attente
wait, expectation
évader
escape, get away
intégralité
totality, entirety, wholeness
pourvoir
se pourvoir
pourvu
provide for, equip, provide with
appeal
endowed, equipped
cornes
horns
chaudronnerie
boilermaking, pots and pans, copperworks
parrainer
parrain
sponsor, foster
godfather, sponsor,
matraque
truncheon, baton, billy club
propre
own, clean, neat, very own
verdure
greenery
princier
princely
couches
couche
childbirth, diaper
layer, stratum
gages
wages,
rééditer
republish
épreuve
ordeal, hardship, struggle time trial (épreuve contre la montre), test drive
dissuader
dissuade somebody,
chauve
bald
gras
greasy, fatty, oily
full bodied
thick, bold
fantaisie
fancy
bout
end, bottom, tip
slice, piece
pèlerin
pilgrim
peregrine falcon, basking shark
autocar
en autocar
coach (bus) by coach (bus)
plané
gliding, hovering
maculer
blur, stain, smudge
motif
pattern, motif
motive, reason
tong
flip-flop (sandal)
peluche
teddy bear, cuddly toy
homologue
counterpart, opposite number
carambolage
pile-up
défoncer
se défoncer
smash open, kick down
work like a dog, give in
broussailles
undergrowth, schrub, thicket
dépanner
help out, aid, come to the rescue of
éclatement
bursting, rupture,
bras de fer
arm wrestling
dépendre
dépendre de
take down
depend on
outrepasser
exceed, overstep
provenir
come from, originate in, stem from, result from
désincarcération
extraction
rétrécir
rétrécir au lavage
contract, shrink
shrink in the wash
rame
paddle, oar
carriage, train
tronçon
piece, section, segment
virage
bend, turn, curve
shift
hébété
stupified, dazed
braquage
hold-up, stick up
blessure
injury, wound, scar
s’empresser
hasten to do something, show some interest
déraciner
uproot, remove, erradicate
maintes
many, numerous, manifold
jeûne
fast, fasting
fast, lent
doucement
gently, softly, quietly
slowly
encombrement
bulk, volume, girth
overload, blockage
par la suite
therefore, consequently
baisser
se baisser
lower, dim, grow dim, lowering
to bend down, stoop, duck
accaparer
hoard, stockpile, monopolize, occupy
exsangue
worn out, pale, bloodless
manu mlitairi
by force, forcibly
incessamment
shortly, in next to no time
levée
raising, levying, lifting
tractation
negotiation
poursuivre
se poursuivre
pursue
continue, go on
cacique
big-wig, top of the class; head of the show
clore
close, terminate
enclosure, shut off
bain de foule
walkabout
confondre
se confondre
confuse, mistake, get mixed up
merge with, become mixed up with
rattraper
se rattraper
catch something again
make up for it
pendre
se pendre
pendaison
dangle, hang
hang from, suspend, hang yourself
hanging
déjouer
foil, frustrate, thwart, evade
préfigurer
presage, herald
méthode Coué
Coué method, method of self-peruasion
gracier
to pardon
sinueux
winding, sinuous
rocambolesque
extraordinary, fantastic
cafouiller
cafouillage
aim poorly, bumble
mess, foul up, shambles
entretemps
meanwhile, in the mean time
enracinement
rooting, implantation, putting down roots
surcrôit
extra, moreover, furthermore
remous
eddy, swirl, backwash
tumult, turmoil
élaboration
production, creation, development
retentisement
retentir
very loud, resounding, deafening
ring out, resound, reverberate
littoral
coastline, seaboard, coastal
butin
loot, booty, spoils, treasures
anneau
circle, ring
volontarisme
philosophy of the will
issue de secours
emergency exit
arguer de
use as an excuse for, plead
issue (french word)
outcome, end, way out, exit
chôme
chômé
close, be unemployed, be idle
non-work, off
hétéroclite
varied, heterogenous
odd, motley, incongerous
obus
shell (mortar)
huppé
posh, crested
décontracter
se décontracter
relax, rest
release tension
méridional
southern
versant
slope, side
dans le sens
in the direction
