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Astiquer

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To scrub

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insupportable

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insupportable

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tiresome

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pénible

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unlikely

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peu probable

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to look like

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ressembler à quelqu’un

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whisper

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souffler à quelqu’un

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eachother

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l’un l’autre

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to deal with

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avoir affaire à quelqu’un

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to go out of use

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tomber en désuétude

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to abide by

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se plier à

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to soak

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tremper

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quirks

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caprices

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sooner or later

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tôt ou tard

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unquenched

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inassouvie

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its nothing to do with me

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je n’y suis pour rien

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forbid

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défendre

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to make efforts/ try

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s’efforcer

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sink

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l’évier

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serrer le main à

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to shake hands with

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to blame

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reprocher à

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avoir à

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need to

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hide from

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cacher à

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to approve of a choice

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approver un choix

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to go along/ follow eg a cliff edge

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longer la falaise

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to believe in the devil

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croire au diable

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to hold a grudge

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en vouloir à

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provide for

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pourvoir à

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to swarm with

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fourmiller de

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groan with pain

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gémir de douleur

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30
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to swarm with

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grouiller

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to suit

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convenir à

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to fail and exam

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échouer à

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33
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rectify

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remédier à

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34
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to succeed sb

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succéder à

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to survive and accident

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survivre à un accident

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to rip/tear off/ take away something

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arracher à quelqu’un

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emprunter à quelqu’un

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to borrow from

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refresh/ freshen up

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rafraîchir

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to frame

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cadrer

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40
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to turn pale

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pâlir

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41
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to bid

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enchérir

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42
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to polish

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polir

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initiate/ begin

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amorcer

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44
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to wade/ paddle

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patauger

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45
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to take the piss

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charrier

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46
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dry up/ cut off

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tarir

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47
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to slap on

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flanquer

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48
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maigrir

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to lose weight/ slim down

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49
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to conceal

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celer- je cèle

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50
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whoever (subject) eg they welcome whoever comes

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Ils accueillent quiconque arrive

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whoever as the direct object of the relative clause, eg whoever you appoint

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Qui que tu nommes

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whatever as the subject of a relative clause

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quoi qui puisse arrive

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53
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whatever as the object of a relative clause

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quoi qu’il fasse

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54
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quel que is used when

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the verb can be omitted in english

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55
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Quelque is used when

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the verb can’t be omitted in english

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wherever

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où qu’il aille

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57
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muffled

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étouffé

58
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to examine closely

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scruter

59
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to converse

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s’entretenir

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a national forest

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un forêt domaniale

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a stretch of water

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un plan d’eau

62
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nothingness

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le néant

63
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to scribble

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griffonner

64
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to have a car serviced

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faire réviser une voiture

65
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a slope

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une pente

66
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stuck

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coincé

67
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on behalf

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de la part

68
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deprive

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priver

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plus haut

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earlier

70
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a sketch

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un croquis

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a junction

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un embranchement

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a road sign

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un panneau de signalisation

73
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postman

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le facteur

74
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qui est-ce qui is used

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animate subjects, ‘qui est-ce qui a pris mon crayon’

75
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qu’est-ce qui

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non animate subjects, ‘qu’est ce qui a abîmé mon pneu’

76
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qui est-ce que

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is used with animate direct objects ‘ qui est-ce que vous avez vous?’

77
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what on earth is that

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qu’est-ce que c’est que ça?

78
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warm/ luke warm/ tepid

A

tiède

79
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surgeon

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chirurgien

80
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soft

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mou/ moulle

81
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easy

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aisé

82
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continuous

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continu

83
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crude

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cru

84
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greedy

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goulu

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inappropriate

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indu

86
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embarrassed

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confus

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treacherous

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traître

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to pay a lot

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payer cher

89
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to see clearly

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coir clair

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to come to an abrupt end

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tourner court à quelque chose

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to keep a low profiler

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behave

92
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to sing out of tune

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chanter faux

93
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to say what you think

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parler franc

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to be have a good seat

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être bien placé

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on second thought

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à la reflexion

96
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speed boat

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un hors bord

97
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a loud speaker

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un haut-parleur

98
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a masterpiece

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un chef d’oeuvre

99
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a bribe

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un pot-de-vin

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a head rest

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un appui-tête

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a bed spread

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un couvre-lit

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a tooth-pick

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un cure-dents

103
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a hand-towel

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un essuie-mains

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a bumper

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un par-choc

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a wallet

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un porte-monnaie

106
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a bra

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un soutien-gorge

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a pencil-sharpener

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un taille-crayon

108
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a corskscrew

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un tire-bouchon

109
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stairs

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l’escalier

110
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an aplaud

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les applaudissements

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darkness

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les ténèbres

112
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funeral

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les funérailles de qn

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to make progress

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faire des progrès

114
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lice

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des poux

115
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owl

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un hibou

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a lease

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un bal

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enamel

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émail

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to lower

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abaisser

119
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handle/ joystick

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la manette

120
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flaw/ loophole

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la faille

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dumbfounded

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stupéfait

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an almond

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une `amande

123
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filling

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garniture

124
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ripe

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mûr

125
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to remove the stone from a fruit

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dénoyauter

126
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to sprinkle

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saupoudrer

127
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to roll out pastry

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étaler

128
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to answer the phone

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décrocher

129
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thank goodness

A

dieu merci

130
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une poste de television

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a tv set

131
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je suis pris

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I am busy

132
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at the beginning

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tout au début

133
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day off

A

une journée de libre

134
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tout net

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frankly

135
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wine glass

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un verre à vin

136
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gift/ donation

A

un don

137
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all means

A

tous les moyens

138
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show

A

faire preuve

139
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due to

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par suite de

140
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in the middle of/ across

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en travers de