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Filer

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To run off / fly off / ladder

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Plain 1) no pattern
2) unadorned
3) straight forward

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1) uni
2) simple
3) strict/pur ou simple

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Casual

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Décontracté ou
Détendu (latter not for clothes)

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Dépasser - 4 meanings!

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1) to exceed/surpass
2) to overtake
3) to stick out
4) to be higher/taller than

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Straw

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Une paille

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Home made

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Fait(es) maison

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To whistle

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Siffler

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The comic book

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La bande dessinée

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Out loud

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À voix haute

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Full/crowded/jam-packed

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Bondé

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A tip (eg to help someone)

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Un conseil
Une astuce

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Interest

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Intérêt

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13
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a shandy

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Un panaché

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Refaire

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Redo / renovate/ change

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Live (eg sports broadcast)

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En direct

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To praise/extol
To boast

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Vanter
Se vanter

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A top (clothes)

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Un haut

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18
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(Put Tv) on stand by

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En pause

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19
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Arthritis
Osteoarthritis

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Une arthrite
Une arthrose

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20
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A cleaner

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Une femme (homme) de ménage

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21
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A peacock

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Un paon(ne)

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22
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At the same time

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A la fois

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A piece of information

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Un renseignement

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À rehearsal

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Une répétition (also means repetition)

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Walnut Hazelnut Almond
Une noix Une noisette Une amande But all three can be generic term for a nut
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A mortgage
Une hypothèque Un prêt immobilier Un prêt hypothécaire
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Subject 1) Academic 2) Theme
1) Une matière 2) Un sujet
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Scaffolding
Échafaudage (m)
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A cycle ride (leisurely)
Faire une balade à vélo
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A skyscraper
Un gratte-ciel
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To grow old
Vieillir
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A headscarf
Un foulard Un voile (islam)
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Thé supervisor
Le superviseur ou le/la responsable
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À (car) headlight
Un phare
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To bunk off/skive/ skip
Sécher (familier) and also means to dry Could also use passer or sauter
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A fish bone
Une arête (also means edge, ridge and bridge of nose)
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To wipe
Essuyer Note a mop or floor cloth or wet rag is une serpillière
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A hedgehog
Une hérisonne
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With in/from now
D’ici
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To swap
Échanger
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A greenhouse
Un serre
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Seaweed
Algue (f)
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To clear (sky)
Se dégager (Dégager has similar meanings when clear used in any context in English)
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To get cloudy
Se couvrir
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to mature
Mûrir (Can be a person as well)
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To knock out/bore stiff
Assommer
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Quoi que
Whatever Quoique =although Both followed by subjunctive
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A barrel
Un tonneau (Un baril d’huile)
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The weakness
La faiblesse
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To seal To fill in a gap
Sceller Reboucher
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To confuse
Embrouiller Not - se débrouiller which means to cope/manage
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To breastfeed
Allaiter
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User manual
Le mode d’emploi
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As far as
Pour autant que (then subjunctive)
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To rake A rake
Ratisser Un râteau
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Detached - emotionally Detached - not physically connected (eg house)
Détaché Individuel(le)
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Semi-detached house Terraced House
Une maison jumelée Une maison mitoyenne
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To soak
Tremper Faire tremper (eg clothes)
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To flicker
Vaciller Clignoter (also to blink)
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A beetle
Un scarabée
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A caterpillar
Une chenille
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To distort
Déformer
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Nausea
Nausée
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To collapse/ buckle
S’effondrer Assommer to knock out (to bore)
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A kennel The kennels (temporary home)
Une niche Le chenil
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Oats Porridge
L’avoine (f) Le porridge
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A ride
Un tour
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Puzzled
Perplexe
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Optional
Optionnel ou facultatif
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Nevertheless
Néanmoins
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To get mixed up To merge
Confondre
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Grease Greasy
La graisse Gras(se)
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A small bottle (eg for perfume) /a vial
Un flacon
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The youngest
Le/a Benjamin(e)
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A lampshade
Un abat-jour Abattre- to knock down (hence abat-jour knock down the day)
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Sticker
Un sticker ou un autocollant
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A ribbon
Un ruban
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A pumpkin
Une citrouille
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A crane (all meanings)
Une grue
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Fitting room
La cabine d’essayage
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Crude
Grossier
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Cramp
1) Cramp in leg - une contracté à 2) Cramped place - exigu 3) Cramped person - serré
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Legroom
Une place pour les jambes Un espace pour les jambes
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A sardine
Une sardine
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A capital (letter)
Une majuscule
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To invade
Envahir

French 2019 (14 decks)

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