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Turn, go off

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Tourner

Film, shoot a film, turn pages, run engine

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Mood,spirit

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Humeur f

And humour

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File n

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Fichier m

Fichier client customer file, fichier informatique comp file, fichier sécurisé secured fil

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Summon, call in v

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Convoquer

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Clebs slang

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Dog, pooch,mutt

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Drole, slobber

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Baver

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Blubber,howl,bawl v

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Chialer

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Unpleasant aftertaste

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Déboire m

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Killer n

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Assassin m

Hit man

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Cruelty n

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Cruauté f

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Be mad about, be crazy, wild about

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Raffoler

With de

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Creature, bug

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Bestiole f

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To become sad

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S’attrister

Attrister sadden, bring sorrow, draw tears

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Scene, scandal

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Esclandre m

Faire un esclandre make a scene

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Do, play at, fart about at, bugger about at

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Foutre

Qu’est-ce que tu fous dehors? What the hell (or: on earth) r u doing outside?

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Ill-will, malice, maliciousness n

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Méchanceté nf

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Jumble, clutter, hodgepodge n

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Fatras m

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Crease, fold, furrow, groove

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Sillon m

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Sample

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Échantillon m

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Inheritance

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Héritage m

Laisser en héritage leave in yr will

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Haste, hurry

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Hâte f

Hâter accelerate, bring forward, hurry

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Grumble n

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Grommellement m

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Small van, delivery van

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Fourgonnette f

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Unknot, detangle (hair), comb out Fig untangle

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Démêler

Démêler le vrai du faux. Seperate fact and fiction . Distingush between the true and the false

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Fanatic, extremist, obsessive n

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Forcené m

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Clearness, clarity, sharpness , tidiness n

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Netteté f

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Faint, pass out, vanish, disappear

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S’evanouir

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Take off, remove

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Ôter

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Get ahead of, get on front of, beat to it, pre empt

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Devancer

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Daft, crazy,
Flawed, impefect
Unscrupolus

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Taré adj

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Sunflower

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Tournesol m

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Distort, twist, cripple, maim

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Estropier

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Tiredness’ weariness n

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Lassitude f

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Bar (chocolate, wood, metal etc)

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Barre f

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Haughty, arrogant

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Hautain

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Rain, pour, come down re rain inf and fig. verb

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Flotter

And float on water, flutter, flap for wind

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Lust after, covet v

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Convoiter

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Wake, trail as in traces

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Sillage m

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Bloodhound, sleuth (inf)

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Limier m

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Endorse

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Endosser

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Admission, confession, declaration

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Aveu m

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Try, attempt, give/have a go

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Tenter

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Give help to, help out, get behind

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Prêter main-forte à qqn

Mon collègue me prêta main-forte

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Favourable, suitable
Opportune
Approprite

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Propice adj

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Rock, cradle, soothe, lull

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Bercer

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Pettiness, meanness, stinginess n

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Mesquinerie f

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Powerlessness, helplessness n

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Impuissance f

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Hopeless, useless, shitty, crappy

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Merdique adj

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Slope, hill, gradiente

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Pente f

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Mistreat, abuse, destroy, ruin

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Malmener

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Pride, pride and joy, apple of sb eye

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Orgueil m

M, c’est l’orgueil de sa mère.

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Chatter, idle talk, gossip

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Bavardage m

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Wedge, catch, corner

Be caught

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Coincer

Se coincer

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Thin, slight adj

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Maigrichon -ne

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Drink to, toast, celebrate

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Arroser
S’arroser be a cause for celbration/ a drink, help yr self
Arroser water, spray, sprinkle

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Dumpling, meatball

Blunder fam

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Boulette f

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Shake, rattle, weaken

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Ébranler

Avoir l’air ébranlé -e

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Skilful, capable, able

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Habile adj

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Bumblebee

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Bourdon m

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Prevent, avoid, put a stop to

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Empêcher

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Worry, bother

Crumple up

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Chiffoner

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Hitch, snag, infringement

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Accroc m

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Search, rummage through, excavate

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Fouiller

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Hem n

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Ourlet m

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Stitch n

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Point m

Enfiler du fil noir dans le chas d’une aiguille

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Reunion

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Retrouvailles nfpl

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Rustling, humming, whirring

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Bruissement

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Dissolve

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Disoudre

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Mermaid

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Sirène f

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Crap, nonsense, garbage fam re talk

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Foutaise f

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Pit, grave, ditch

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Fosse f

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Path, way, beaten track

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Sentrier m

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Unhealthy

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Malsain

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Hair curler m

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Bigoudi m

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spin’ flit around, dart around, run around, scoot around, race around vi + adv

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Virevolter

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Rush v

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Se ruer

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Add up

Summon, command, order v

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Summer

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Hill, rise n

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Monticule m

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Thin, slight adj

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Maigrichon

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Trek, journey, long haul

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Périple m

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Denial

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Dénégation f

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Grant, scholarship

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Bourse f

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Boarder , lodger, resident

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Pensionnaire f

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Fkinch, shy away from, balk, stumble

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Broncher

Sans broncher without turning a hair, without batting an eyelid

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Mouldy, mould

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Moisi adj nm

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Be all over the place, go off on a tangent

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Sauter (passer) du coq à l’âne

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Curfew

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Le couvre-feu

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Urge, drive

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Pulsion f

Pulsion sexuelle sex drive

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Little, small boy

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Garçonnet m

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Glitch, mishap

Pip

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Pépin m

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Sleep it off

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Cuver

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Very drunk, sloshed, blind drunk etc n

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Cuite f

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take a break v expr

close down temporarily, shut down temporarily adv

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Vaquer

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look up and down n
(figurative) weigh up
look at weigh up

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Toiser

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Varnish, enamel, ,laquer

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Vernis m

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Lock up, lock up garage n

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Box m

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Slope, hill, gradient

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Pente f

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Unkempt, dishevelled, tousled, shaggy, unshaven adj

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Hirsute

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Rake n

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Râteau m

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Refuse, waste, rubbish

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Détritus m

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Clod, clump (soil)

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Motte f de terre

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Bargain n

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Aubaine f

À ce prix-là, c’est une aubaine !

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Trumpet, bellow v

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claironner vtr (annoncer qch avec éclat) (figurative) trumpet vtr
(figurative) shout from the rooftops v expr
broadcast vtr

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Chess board

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échiquier nm

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(harm) injury, damage

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Dégâts mpl

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Peak, height fig n

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Apogée m

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Lucky devil, sod n

Lucky, fortunate adj

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Chanceux -euse

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Hotchpotch, mish-mash n

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Méli-mélo m

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Inevitable, unavoidable adj

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Inéluctable

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Knock out, knock unconscious, to floor (fig)

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Assommer

Bore stiff, send to sleep

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Detect, locate, discover

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Repérer

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Gloomy, dreary, bleak

Mournful. Glum

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Morne adj

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Deadpan adj

Comic With a deadpan sense of humour n

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Pince-sans-rire adj nm

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Durch

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Néerlandais -e

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Upgrade v

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Surclasser

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Dandruff

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Pellicule f

Film, reel, dusting, sprinkling

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