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French 14 Flashcards

1
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A boar

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Un sanglier

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A bird of prey

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Un rapace

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The civil servant

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Le/la fonctionnaire

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In a row/straight
Eg 5 days in a row

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D’affilée

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5
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A pair of boxer shorts

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Un caleçon

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Ruthless

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Impitoyable ou sans pitié

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A porcupine

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Un porc-épic

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A cheetah

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Un guépard

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A jellyfish

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Une méduse

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An octopus

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Une pieuvre

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A hyena

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Une hyène

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12
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A dragonfly

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Une libellule

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The feature eg of face/building

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Un caractéristique

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14
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Originally

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A l’origine

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15
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Daredevil/reckless - noun

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Un(e) casse-cou
Also irréfléchi means reckless - latter not really used

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A mountain bike

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Un VTT (vélo tout terrain)

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17
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A crossword puzzle

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Une grille de mots croisés

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18
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A mat - eg for a glass

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A place mat - un set de table
un dessous de plat/ table/ verre

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19
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Bullying/ harassment

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Un harcèlement

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20
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To blur

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Flouter (pronounced fluté) - blur out a face
Brouiller- to blur out vision (brouillard- fog)

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21
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Engrossed

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Absorbé/captivé

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22
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Unblock/uncork/open

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Déboucher
Débouché is an opening

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23
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A graduate

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Obtenir un diplôme
Ou Un(e) diplômé (e)

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24
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The hatred

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La haine

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25
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To release

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Libérer/ relâcher
Lâcher (to let go/release something)

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26
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To supply

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Fournir

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27
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An area (eg in a room)

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Une zone

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28
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A strip (eg of metal)

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Une bande

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29
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A bifold door

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Une porte pliante

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30
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A midwife

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Une sage femme

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31
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A GP practice

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Un cabinet de médicale généraliste

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32
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A boarding school

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Un pensionnat

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33
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A UFO

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Un OVNI

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34
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A saucer

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Une soucoupe ou
Une sous-tasse

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35
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A stall

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Une étal (marché) - - French tend to use name of commerçant
Un kiosque

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36
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A shopping bag

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Un cabas - no-one really uses this!
Juste un sac

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37
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To knock down

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Abattre (normally for killing eg a person or a tree)

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38
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Platinum

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Le platine

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39
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Recap

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Récapituler

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40
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A shower (rain)

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Une averse

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41
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A conservatory

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Une véranda

42
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A shoelace

43
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To tie shoelaces

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Attacher des lacets

44
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The Thames

45
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A pattern

46
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A streetlight

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Un lampadaire

47
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Dusk

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Le crépuscule

48
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A verse

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Une strophe (high French) ou un vers

49
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A limb

50
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Wild/overexcited/out of control

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Déchaîné

51
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The wax

52
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To reach/start/take up

53
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Remettre/se remettre

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Remettre - to put back, to top up, add some more, refill, put in again, hand over.
Se remettre à - to get back into, to start again, recover from

54
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To assemble 1) eg put together objects 2) people

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1) Monter
2) Rassembler

55
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Godson/daughter

56
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Well being

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Bien être

57
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Épargner

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To save up or to spare

58
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A package/plan or a device

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Un dispositif

59
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To sprain

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Se faire une entorse (muscle/tendon)
Se fouler (ligament)
But both can overlap
Se tordre - twisted. Sprain by twisting eg wrist / ankle

60
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A carriage ( ie horse and carriage)

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Une càleche

61
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1)Uncertain
2)Uncertainty

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1)Pas sûr/ne pas trop savoir (person)
Incertain (other)
2) Incertitude

62
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A thickening

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Un épaississant

63
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The mourning (bereavement) /in mourning
To grieve

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Le/en deuil
Faire son deuil/ pleurer

64
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As long as

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1) Pourvu que (then subj)
Or Du moment que/tant que (then Indic)
2) aussi long que
3) aussi longtemps que (while)

65
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A dump truck

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Un tombereau

66
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Sunflower

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Le tournesol

67
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A car hire
A hire car

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Une location de voiture
Une voiture de location

68
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The scalp

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Le cuir chevelu

69
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To mope around

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Se morfondre

70
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An ornament

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Un bibelot
Un objet décoratif

71
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A painting canvas or a spider’s web or the web (internet) or hessian!

72
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The tune

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La mélodie or L’air (m)

73
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A herring

74
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A volcano

75
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A deposit (eg for goods)

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Un acompte

76
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A daisy

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Une marguerite

77
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To get out of breath

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S’essouffler

78
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To paddle
A paddle

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Pagayer
Une pagaie

79
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A sting

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Une piqûre

80
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Widen

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Élargir (also means enlarge)

81
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A blade or a piece of parquet flooring

82
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A basement

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Un sous-sol
Or une cave

83
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A grip /hold in sport - eg relax your grip

84
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A supporter

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Un supporter
Un supporteur(rice) - sports
Un sympathisant(e) - political

85
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To stoop
A stoop

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Se pencher Se baisser Se courber
Une courbure Une flexion

86
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Posture

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La posture La position
Une attitude
Positionner

87
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Concerning/about/with respect to

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Concernant/ à propos de/ au sujet de/ sur

88
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A hybrid

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Un hybride

89
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An trec an expedition

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Un périple

90
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The best man

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Le garçon d’honneur or le témoin
(Bridesmaid- demoiselle d’honneur)

91
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A bully
To bully

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Un tyran
Tyranniser

92
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A shell

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Une coquille ( Shell of a shellfish )
Une coque ( Shell of an object eg a phone)
Une carapace ( Shell of an animal - the exoskeleton)
Un obus (bomb shell)

93
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Sprint

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Sprinter
Un Sprint

94
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A report

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1) School grades etc - un bulletin scolaire
2) News - Un reportage
3) an account of something- un report

95
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Laze about/stroll/meander

96
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Rehabilitation (eg from injury)

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Une rééducation

97
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Sandstone

98
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Limestone

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Le calcaire

99
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Inbox

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La boîte mail ou la boîte de réception

100
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Chalk

French 2019 (14 decks)

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