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French Vocab 8 Flashcards

1
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emotional blackmail

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un chantage affectif

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to catch sb red handed

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prendre qn en flagrant délit

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to slip, skid

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riper

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to ratify, confirm

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entériner

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5
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out of reach

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hors de portée

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brew (un boisson étrange)

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un breuvage

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to have a capacity audience

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faire salle comble

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8
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(with) a casual air

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l’air dégagé

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to hurl, fling

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assener

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executioner, tormentor

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un bourreau

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packed

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comble

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12
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to bore, pierce

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vriller

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application

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une candidature

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14
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peck

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un piton

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15
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rankings

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un classement

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that’s the last straw, I resign

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la mesure est comble, je démissionne

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17
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receipt

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un ticket de caisse

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18
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to be held

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se tenir

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19
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postponed

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reporté

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20
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high point

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le comble

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21
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printing

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l’impression

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22
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voucher

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un bon d’achat

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23
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instead

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à la place

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24
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to consider

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envisager de

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25
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to take over

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reprendre

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26
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customary, usual

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coutoumier (e)

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27
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to be deceived by someone

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être trompé par quelqu’un

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28
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frolics, movements

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les ébats (m)

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29
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full to bursting

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plein à craquer

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30
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sweaty, muggy

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moite

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31
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hooker, whore, slag

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un pute

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32
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to lean on one’s elbows

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s’accouder

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33
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it’s not uncommon

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il n’est pas rare

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34
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sweaty

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suant (e)

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35
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rather, pretty, quite a lot

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passablement

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36
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he’s unfaithful to her

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il la trompe

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37
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to guzzle down, devour

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s’enfiler

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38
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to screw up, fuck up

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merder

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39
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to nod

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dodeliner (intrans verb)

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40
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to ditch, get rid of, leave

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plaquer

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41
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for 20 years

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pendant 20 piges

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42
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holy water font

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le bénitier

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43
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altar

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l’autel (m)

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44
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to do something in the correct way

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faire quelques choses comme il se doit

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45
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to force somebody

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faire violence à quelqu’un

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46
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he came out with a bloody stupid remark

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il a sortie une connerie

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47
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to slip on (clothes, jewellery), thread

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enfiler

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48
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to be a prostitute

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faire la pute

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49
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to do a bloody stupid thing, to fuck up

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faire une connerie

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50
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to chuck it all in

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tout plaquer

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51
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illegal immigrants

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les sans-papier (m)

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52
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shanty town

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un bidonville

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53
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the extent

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l’étendue

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54
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permanent structure

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en dur eg maison

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55
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upper crust

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huppé(e)

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56
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sheet metal

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la tôle

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57
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most of them

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une grande partie d’entre elles (personnes)

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58
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terminology

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la terminaison

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59
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moreover, besides, what’s more

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d’ailleurs

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60
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stage

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le stade eg tempête

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61
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had France done everything she should have or should have done

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La France a-t-elle fait tout ce qu’elle aurait pu ou dû faire

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62
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hut, cabin

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une case

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63
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an extremely tense atmosphere

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une ambiance extrêmement tendue

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64
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as reinforcements

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en renforts (m)

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65
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to take out of school

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déscolariser

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66
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to take refuge

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se réfugier

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67
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to involve, mean, implicate

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impliquer

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68
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made available

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mis à disposition

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69
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to engulf, descend upon, to swoop down on, pounce on

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s’abattre sur

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70
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to reach, gain, get

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parvenir à

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71
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remote

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reculé (e)

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72
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neighbourhood

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le voisinage

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73
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word of mouth

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le bouche-à-oreille

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74
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agrees

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abonde

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75
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elsewhere

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ailleurs

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76
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to associate with, to see frequently

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fréquenter

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77
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to have, to have at one’s disposal

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disposer de

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78
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some may have feared

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certaines ont pu craindre

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79
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permanently

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durablement

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80
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lack of preparation

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l’impréparation

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81
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to be checked, to have one’s ID checked

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se faire contrôler

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82
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to cross the mind of

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traverser l’esprit de

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83
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granted

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accordé (e)

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84
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AIDS

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sida

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85
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special, derogatory

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dérogatoire

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86
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deportation

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une reconduite à la frontière

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87
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promptness

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une célérité

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88
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checked

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contrôlé(e)

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89
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ditto

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idem

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90
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essential

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indispensable

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91
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trick, ruse

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une ruse

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92
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residence permit

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un titre de séjour

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93
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off hand manner

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la désinvolture

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94
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housing estate

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un lotissement

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95
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limited, of no account

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sans envergure

96
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misunderstanding

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un malentendu

97
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pumpkin seeds

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les graines de courge

98
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to wince

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tiquer

99
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to be stuck on sb, to be in love with sb

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en pincer pour qn

100
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rambling, disjointed

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décousu(e)

101
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low neckline, cleavage

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le décolleté

102
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firmness

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la fermeté

103
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to try one’s best, strive

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s’évertuer

104
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to do, make, carry out, also to conduct, serve

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effectuer

105
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devoid of, lacking in, free of

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dépourvu(e)

106
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pole, boom, T-bar, pole vaulting

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une perche

107
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sluice gate

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une vanne

108
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sluice gate

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une vanne

109
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to soften, to deflect

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infléchir

110
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fateful

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fatidique

111
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to think of sb/sth

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songer à qn/qch

112
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without batting an eyelid

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sans tiquer

113
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to throw sb a line

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tendre la perche à qn

114
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to make funds available

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ouvrir les vannes

115
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to think that

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songer que

116
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to dither, shilly-shally

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tergiverser

117
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if need be

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le cas échéant

118
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to think of doing

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songer à faire

119
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to adjudicate/decide if a goal had been scored

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de trancher sur un but

120
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to resign, give up

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démissionner

121
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without notice

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sans préavis

122
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to exaggerate, to swell

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enfler

123
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drunkenness, intoxication, exhilaration

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l’ivresse (f)

124
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to sniff, to smell

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humer

125
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I strolled where the mood took me

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j’ai flâné au gré to mon humeur

126
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deliberately

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volontairement

127
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to intervene

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s’interposer

128
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to be ousted

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être démissionner

129
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to raise one’s voice

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enfler la voix

130
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the exhilaration of victory

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l’ivresse de la victoire

131
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as circumstances dictate

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au gré des circonstances

132
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educational

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pédagogique

133
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to grope about, around

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tâtonner

134
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a gaping wound

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une plaie béante

135
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the attic had mostly collapsed

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le grenier s’était à moitié effondré

136
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pulse

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un pouls

137
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hosepipe, fountain

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un jet d’eau

138
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as there as nothing more to do

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comme il n’y avait plus rien à faire

139
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to sputter, hiccup

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hoqueter

140
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to part

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se quitter

141
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to play the fool, play dumb

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jouer au con

142
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I owe you one, thanks for your help

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à charge de revanche

143
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to come through

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se tirer de

144
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to escape, to get away with it, to pull through

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s’en tirer

145
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leading expert

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une sommité

146
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to get on one’s high horse

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monter sur ses grands chevaux

147
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to fall out. Also to become cloudy, blurred, confused

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se brouiller

148
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trifle

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une vétille

149
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blunt

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contondant(e)

150
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settling of accounts

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un règlement de compte

151
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distraught, at a loss

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désemparé(e)

152
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switchboard operator

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un/une standardiste

153
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likelihood, plausibility

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une vraisemblance

154
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illusion

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un leurre

155
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overwhelming, damning

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accablant(e)

156
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to stumble, to slip up

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trébucher

157
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grief, bereavement, mourning

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le deuil

158
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to corrupt, destroy

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gangrener

159
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executed

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supplicier

160
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to uproot, eradicate

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déraciner

161
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irreparably, irremediably

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irrémédiablement

162
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wake

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une veillée funèbre

163
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to short circuit, to bypass

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court-circuiter

164
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well to do, well off, smart

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cussu(e)

165
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purchase

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une emplette

166
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to attend to one’s business

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vaquer à ses occupations/affaires

167
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state prosecutor

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le procureur de la république

168
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bank statement

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un relevé bancaire

169
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motive

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un mobile

170
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kingpin

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une cheville ouvrière

171
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currency (eg foreign currency)

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la devise

172
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set of Russian dolls

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les poupées gigognes

173
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fit of paranoia

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un accès de paranoïa

174
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plot

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une machination

175
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to alarm

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effarer

176
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quarrel, squabble

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une querelle

177
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to fill a gap

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combler un vide

178
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easily

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sans peine

179
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spiral of lies

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l’engrenage (m) des mensonges

180
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to hold out the prospect of sth to sb

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faire miroiter quelque chose à quelqu’un

181
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to suggest, imply

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laisser entendre

182
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to defraud the tax office

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frauder le fisc

183
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to chuck sb out

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flanquer quelqu’un à la porte

184
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bonus

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la prime

185
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leather jacket

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un blouson de cuir

186
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to exploit

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parasiter

187
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the idea didn’t even cross my mind

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l’idée ne m’a même pas effleuré l’esprit

188
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remorse

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le remords

189
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unbearable, impossible

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insoutenable

190
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to engage in private prayer

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se recueillir

191
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pride

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la fierté

192
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shattering, total collapse

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anéantissement

193
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fullness, bliss

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la plénitude

194
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amazement

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la stupéfaction

195
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to betray, to reveal, to give away

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trahir

196
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to take pride

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tirer fierté

197
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atheist

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un/une athé(e)

198
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to wreck devastate, vandalise

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saccager

199
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gnawing, nibbling

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grignotement

200
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gentle, peaceful, quiet, calm

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paisible

201
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tried and tested, dependable

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éprouvé(e)

202
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unspeakable, indefinable

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innommable

203
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to undo, unravel, untie, unravel

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dénouer

204
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ecstasy

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l’extase (f)

205
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limbo

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les limbes (m)

206
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to open one’s eyes wide

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écarquiller les yeux

207
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lisp

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un zézaiement

208
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fluffy

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pelucheux (euse)

209
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to rush

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filer

210
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inquisitive, nosey

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fouineur (euse)

211
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grief stricken families

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les familles endeuillées

212
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stratagem

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un stratagème

213
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clerk of the court

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greffier, greffière

214
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education, directive

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l’instruction

215
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malpractice, embezzlement

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une malversation

216
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unhealthy

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malsain, malsaine

217
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to risk doing

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risquer de faire

218
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just as I wish/please

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à ma guise

219
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to chase up, to pester

A

relancer

220
Q

to magnetise

A

aimanter

221
Q

unfinished, unfulfilled

A

inabouti(e)

222
Q

a common desire to

A

une volonté commune de

223
Q

looking forward to hearing from you, meeting you

A

dans l’attente de vous lire ou de vous rencontrer

224
Q

appearance before

A

comparution devant

225
Q

coarse, crude, basic

A

grossier (ière)

226
Q

to handle carefully, to be gentle with

A

ménager

227
Q

to flaunt, to show off. Also to spread out, roll out

A

étaler

228
Q

obsequious

A

obséquieux

229
Q

ill fated

A

infortuné

230
Q

anxious to do

A

désireux de faire

231
Q

to recall, mention

A

évoquer

232
Q

to dwell on

A

s’étendre sur

233
Q

to absolve

A

absoudre

234
Q

to be a believer

A

être croyant (e)

235
Q

prisoner

A

un détenu

236
Q

to be thrown to the wolves

A

être jeté en pâture

237
Q

premonition

A

pressentiment

French Vocab 1 (14 decks)

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