French 14 Flashcards

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1
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A blunder

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une bourde

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relaxed

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décontracté

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equiped

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munis

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would be

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serait

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Received

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reçoit

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Prey

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Une proie

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Staging (staging an event)

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La mise en scène

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Paragraph

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Un alinéa

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The hiring (of someone)

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La embauche

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Vox pops

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micro-trottoirs

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About

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à propos de

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I will have

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j’aurais

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Subject

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Propos

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to free (prisoners etc.)

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dégager

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At the end

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au bout

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The defence

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Le plaidoyer

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Manoeuvres

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Les menées

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A gap

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Un décalage

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Cornered

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acculé

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on notice (put)

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en demeure

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23
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The future

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l’avenir

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24
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whether

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s’agisse

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25
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Cozy nests

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nids douillets

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A swindle

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Une arnaque

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escalation

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désescalade

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helpless

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impuissante

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sour, harsh, bitter

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âpre

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31
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a fifty year old

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quinquagénaire

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32
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ankle sock

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une socquette

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33
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shoulder blade

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une omoplate

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34
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she tries

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tente-t-elle

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35
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Blockade

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Un blocus

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36
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Madness, insanity

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folie

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37
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Unexplained

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inexpliqué

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38
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Faded

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défraîchi

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39
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Smiling

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souriant

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40
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Big boss, chief

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caïd

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41
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Gossip

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potins

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42
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Resigned

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démissioné

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43
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Stock market

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boursier

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44
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Harmless, insignificant

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anodin

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45
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Flood, in spate

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Une crue

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47
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A lever

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In levier

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48
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drop in level

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une décrue

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49
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Frame, bone structure

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Une ossature

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50
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Who cares?

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qu’importe

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52
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Picks up

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reprend à point

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53
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Awkward

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emprunté

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54
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Storm (political)

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Une tourmente

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55
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to convince

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convaincre

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56
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opting

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en optant

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57
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Weapons

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Les armes

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58
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precondition

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préalable

59
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In the hot seat

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être sur la sellette

60
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Relief

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La relève

61
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To take over (I will take over when you finish)

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prendre la relève

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Brawl

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Une rixe

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Riverside, riverside resident

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riverain

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Beech

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Un hêtre

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Self-adhesive

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autocollant

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Saw the light of day

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Mis au jour

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Taker (to find a taker)

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Un preneur

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Armband

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Un brassard

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Disaster area

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sinistré

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Degrading

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dégradant

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Dressed in, wearing

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vêtu

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Appeared

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Apparue

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Denial

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démenti

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Grief, sorrow

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chagrin

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Licence fee

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Une redevance

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A freeze

A

Un gel

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Income

A

Une rente

79
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Making

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Le façonnage

80
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Blade

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Un lame

81
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Fallout (radioactive etc.)

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Les retombées

83
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In times past

A

jadis

84
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A disgrace

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Une honte

85
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Behaviour

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Le comportement

86
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A sample

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Un échantillon

87
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Discontent

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Une grogne

88
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Praise

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Le éloge

89
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A third

A

Un tiers

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Railwayman

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Le cheminot

90
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Make it work

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decompte efetue

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Slander

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La calomnie

92
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An appearance

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Une comparution

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A Cosh, club

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Une matraque

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Stake stakes (are high)

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Un enjeu, enjeux

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Granting

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Un octroi

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Monthly

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mensuel

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Poisonous

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délétère

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A gunman

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Un tireur, une tireuse

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boiling point

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ébullition

100
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cumbersome

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gênant

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Multi purpose

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polyvalent

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taxi cruising or on the prowl

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en maraude

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went

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vont

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to criss-cross

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sillonner

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rough sleeper

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un sans-abri

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to move in

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emménager

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proud

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fier

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speech therapist

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un orthophoniste

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fall over, topple over

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basculer

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a stroll

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une balade

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a squad

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une escouade (escwad)

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to wrap up warmly

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emmitoufler

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Netherlands

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les Pays-Bas

113
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Sample

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Un échantillon

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Target

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Une cible

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Lackey

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Un valet

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A sign/ notice

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Une pancarte

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A hood

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Une cagoule

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Plaintiff

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Le plaignant

118
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pallet

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un grabat

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terraces

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les gradins (masc)

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either

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soit

121
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the opposite

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le contraire

122
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microphone

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un micro

123
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even if he

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même s’il

124
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catapiller

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une chenille

125
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a short film

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un court-métrage

126
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follows

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suit

127
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Falcon

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Un faucon (fawkon)

128
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Thorny

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épineux

129
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Stiffening

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Un raidissement

129
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We are struggling

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Nous sommes aux prises

130
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Tried to

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a tenté de

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Guilty

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coupable

130
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Star (of the show)

A

Le vedette

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Hitch hiker

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Un auto-stoppeur