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French Vocab 3 Flashcards

1
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at all costs

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coûte que coûte

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to fire, sack

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virer

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spit

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un crachat

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to bury, hide

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ensevelir

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down below

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contrebas

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he had left them a free hand, rein

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il leur avait laissé le champ libre

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to attack

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agresser

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to gnaw, eat away

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ronger

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to tinker with

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se bidouiller

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to trample under foot

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piétiner

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to lug, drag around

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trimballer

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to collapse, fall

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s’affaler

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to come undone, to get rid of, to part with

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se défaire

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to hide

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planquer

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15
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gear

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les fringues (f)

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fire, shoot

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tir

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coat rack

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le portemanteau

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18
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to leak out, filter

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filtrer

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19
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to make do with

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se rebattre

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marksman, woman

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un/une tireur/tireuse

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scratch

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un rayure

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bitch, whore

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un salope

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to understand

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saisir

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24
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got it

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vu

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25
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to end up (fail)

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échouer (à)

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airlock

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un sas

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27
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to squeeze up, huddle up

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se serrer

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28
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dusty

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poussiéreux

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29
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to struggle

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lutter

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to collapse, sink

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s’affaisser

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31
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boarder

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un/une pensionnaire

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32
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offence

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un délit

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33
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knock, strike down

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terrasser

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34
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off the rails

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hors rails

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35
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Shady going’s on

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l’embrouille (f)

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36
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to catch

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happer

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37
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to spit out, cough up

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cracher

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38
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does that bother you?

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ça te gêne ?

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39
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compress

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un comprimé

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40
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to bash up

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amocher

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41
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badly

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salement

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42
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to get through
to slaughter, destroy
to knock, pull, bring down

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abattre

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43
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filthy

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immonde

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44
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to grow fat

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s’engraisser

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45
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hovel

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un gourbi

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46
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to roam around, prowl, wander about

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roder

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47
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before continuing

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avant de reprendre

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48
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trial

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le procès

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49
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lifeless

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amorphe

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50
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to record, write down, also to confine, give detention

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consigner

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51
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louvre window

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un vasistas

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52
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that suits us fine

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ça nous arrange

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53
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disappointment

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une déception

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54
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unfinished

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inachevé(e)

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55
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crazy

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cinglé(e)

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56
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to chuckle

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glousser

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57
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parcel

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un colis

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58
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to shovel

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pelleter

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59
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crazy

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timbré(e)

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60
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jaunty, perky

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guilleret

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61
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negligence

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l’incurie (m)

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62
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saucer

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un soucoupe

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63
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to conceal

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celer

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64
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chuckling

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des gloussements

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65
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to give somebody notice

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donner/signifier son congé à quelqu’un

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66
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bastard

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un batarde

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67
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dirty, soiled

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souillé (e)

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lost, missing
wild, disturbed

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égaré (e)

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lost, missing
wild, disturbed

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égaré (e)

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70
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to atone for

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expier

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71
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to stick, to put

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fourrer

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72
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to decipher

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déchiffrer

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73
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label

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une étiquette

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74
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swear word

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un juron

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75
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pile up

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un carambolage

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76
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they’re dragging their feet

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ils traînent la patte

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77
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to understand

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piger

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78
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to kill

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dézinguer

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79
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together

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collé (e)

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80
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to make oneself up as

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se grimer en

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81
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to behave

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se conduire

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82
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to tame

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apprivoiser

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83
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to dismiss

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démettre

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84
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due to

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du fait

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85
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prison, clink

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une taule

86
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to stick one’s hands deep in one’s pockets

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fourrer ses mains au fonds de ses poches

87
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toppled over

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basculé (e)

88
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condemnation

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la dénonciation

89
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pleasure

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une jouissance

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to get carried away

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s’entraîner

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to damage, ruin

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abîmer

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cleanness

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la netteté

93
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to run off

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se barrer

94
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to tense up

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se raidir

95
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to submit

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soumettre

96
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to subscribe

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souscrire

97
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to stagger

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sidérer

98
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signature

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un paraphe

99
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to throw out

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virer

100
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to stumble

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buter

101
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to undermine, damage, infringe, threaten

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porter atteinte à

102
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oaf

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un cuistre

103
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hitting

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atteignant

104
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an infringement of human rights

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un atteinte aux droits de l’homme

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to fall

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s’affaler

106
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horro

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l’épouvante

107
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as it happens

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pour le coup

108
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to be idle

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chômer

109
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to be up to
to fiddle with

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trafiquer

110
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pit

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une fossa

111
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to coax, cajole

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amadouer

112
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abjectness

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l’abjection

113
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aboutir

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to succeed

114
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highly charged

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survolté

115
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leaping

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bondissant

116
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to fade, wither

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faner

117
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to add, to state, to specify

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préciser

118
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to ramble, rave

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divaguer

119
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to examine, search, rummage through, dig

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fouiller

120
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not to come off

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ne pas aboutir

121
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new development

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du nouveau

122
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pickpocketing

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vol à la tire

123
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to hoist

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hisser

124
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to knit one’s brow

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plisser son front

125
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an infantryman

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un tirailleur

126
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to puff out one’s chest

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se rengorger

127
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search

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la fouille

128
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to wall in

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emmurer

129
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a straw mattress

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une paillasse

130
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to silt up

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envaser

131
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foul

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méphitique

132
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to force/make oneself to do

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s’astreindre

133
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to build, line with bricks

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maçonner

134
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ordeal

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le calvaire

135
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dreadful, terrible

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épouvantable

136
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to devote oneself to

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se vouer à

137
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to obsess

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obnubiler

138
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compass

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une boussole

139
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indifference

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la cuirasse

140
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nap

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un siest

141
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to stretch, to spread out

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étendre

142
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to admit (also to suit)

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convenir (à)

143
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jolts

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les secousses

144
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restless wandering

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l’errance (f)

145
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severely lacking

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durement défaut

146
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to carry along

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charrier

147
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bank

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une berge

148
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talkative, eloquent

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disert

149
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to suit, to be suitable for

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convenir à

150
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inquisitive

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fureteur (euse)

151
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I get bored

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je m’ennuie

152
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I’m fighting against

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je me bats

153
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to hang up/out the washing

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étendre du linge

154
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does that suit you?

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cela vous convient

155
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to allow oneself

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s’accorder

156
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attributable to

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imputable à

157
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to fill, stuff

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rassasier

158
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well accustomed to

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rompu à

159
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trigger

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déclencheur

160
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neurotic

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névrotique

161
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confinement

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la claustration

162
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withdrawal

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un repli

163
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except for

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hormis

164
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tormented

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talonné(e)

165
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cheerful

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rieur

166
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to bury

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enfouir

167
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to become tame

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s’apprivoiser

168
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those locked away

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les séquestrées

169
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substantial

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consistant(e)

170
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guest

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un convive

171
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I will take it into account

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j’en tiendrai compte

172
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to fit in

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s’insérer

173
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to close in, tighten

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se resserrer

174
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timid

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craintif (ive)

175
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to shut oneself away

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se claquemurer

176
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to set off

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déclencher

177
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obsessed by

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obnubiler par

178
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chirping

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le piaillement

179
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dumped

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déversée

180
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to lie about everything

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mentir sur toute la ligne

181
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clouding

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brouillant

182
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garden spider

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une épeire

183
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I’m preparing myself
I’m training

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je m’entraîne

184
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knowingly

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sciemment

185
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to try hard

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s’efforcer

186
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ruin, abyss

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un abîme

187
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danger, pitfall, reef

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un écueil

188
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to struggle, labour
to sadden, upset

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peiner

189
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filling in the gaps

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colmatant les brèches

190
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mast

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un mât

191
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rotten

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avariée

192
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to change radically
to topple over

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basculer

193
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grace, smoothness

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la souplesse

194
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chasm/ abyss

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un gouffre

195
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to swallow, also to clean, renovate

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ravaler

196
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plaid, ashen

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blême

197
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growling

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grondant

198
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right hook

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un crochet du droit

199
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to slip away

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s’esquiver

200
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to try to

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tâcher de

201
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to mutate

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muter

202
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well accustomed to

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rompue

203
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lair

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un antre

204
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I kept my word/my promise

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j’ai tenu parole

205
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completely

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carrément

206
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luck

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la veine

207
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to cheer up

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égayer

208
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to manage

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se démerder

209
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dread

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une hantise

210
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madness

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la démence

211
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to manage

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se débrouiller

French Vocab 1 (13 decks)

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