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ecrouler v
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to collapse, tumble: on le trouva mort, ecroule dans les W.C. – they found him dead, collapsed in the restroom
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expres adj(pl)
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deliberately, on purpose, intentionally: je ne le fais pas expres ou plutot ce n’est pas conscient – I don’t do it on purpose, or rather it’s
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reflechi adj
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thoughtful, well thought out: nous devrions agir de facon reflechie et responsable – we should act in a thoughtful and
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la compression nf
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compression; cutback, reduction: toutes les compressions ont eu un prix tres eleve – all of the cutbacks have exacted a very heavy price
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rigoler v
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to laugh,: ca rigole pas au labo! – no laughing in the lab!
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provisoirement adv
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temporarily, provisionally: je decidai provisoirement de m’en contenter – I decided to be happy with it for the time being
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le orgueil nm
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pride: ca flatte ton orgueil de male, ca, hein? – that strokes your male ego, eh?
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la aire nf
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surface, area: les dechets de l’aire metropolitaine continueront de s’accumuler – the trash from the
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le exode nm
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exodus: je contemple l’enorme exode des campagnards – I’m pondering the enormous exodus of country-dwellers
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la agitation nf
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agitation, excitement: il semble indifferent a l’agitation dont il est cause – he seems unaffected by the agitation he has caused
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depouiller v
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to skin, strip away, deprive: il faut savoir se depouiller de tres belles choses – you have to know how to rid yourself of very pretty things
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ferroviaire adj(f)
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railway, rail: le trafic ferroviaire regional a ete interrompu – regional railway traffic has been interrupted
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solidaire adj(f)
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interdependent, jointly dependent: on cesse de se sentir responsable et solidaire d’autrui – we’re ceasing to feel responsible for others and interdependent with them
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hisser v
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to hoist, raise up: nous voulons maintenant hisser la barre encore plus haut – now we want to raise the bar even higher
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le sillage nm
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wake, slipstream: j’etais dans le sillage de Nicolas Sarkozy – I was in the wake of Nicolas Sarkozy
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le vaisseau nm
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ship, vessel: faites un diagnostic complet du vaisseau – perform a complete check of the ship
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la concertation nf
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meeting, consultation: il faut travailler ensemble plus, en concertation – we must work together more, in consultation
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la serenite nf
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serenity, peacefulness: le temps etait d’une serenite desesperante – time had a desperate clarity
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performant adj
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productive, efficient: je veux rester performant et ne pas avoir une fin de carriere – I want to stay productive and not have my career end
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allegement le
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lightening, unweighting, reduction: il a effectue un allegement general des impots – he implemented overall tax relief
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occasionner v
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to cause, give rise to: le conflit occasionne des pertes enormes –
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confiner v
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to confine: le plasma reste confine a la surface du solide – the plasma remains confined to the surface of the solid
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ancrer v
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to anchor: ces valeurs sont fermement ancrees dans notre heritage – these values are firmly anchored in our heritage
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atroce adj(f)
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atrocious: tu as couche avec cet atroce barbu? – you had sex with that atrocious bearded loser?
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ajourner v
to adjourn, defer, postpone: je suis prete a ajourner le debat -- I'm
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ravager v
to ravage, devastate: la peste ravage Londres, mais Paris est epargnee -- the plague ravages London, but Paris is spared
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telespectateur le
TV viewer: il y avait des millions de telespectateurs -- there were millions of TV viewers
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regle adj
regular, steady, well-ordered, ruled: si tout est regle, on peut y aller -- if
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vigilant adj
vigilant, watchful: nous devons rester vigilants et critiques --
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sonder v
to probe, poll, sound out: je viens sonder, pour une sondation -- I'm
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reglementer v
to regulate, control: une drogue est plus ou moins reglementee -- a drug is more or less controlled
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inonder v
to flood: il faut inonder les jeunes de messages preventifs -- youth must be flooded with preventive messages
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empresser v
to bustle about, hasten to do: ils se sont empresses d'obeir -- they hastened to obey
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allouer v
to allocate: cinq minutes sont allouees pour deux questions -- five minutes are allocated for two questions
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exciter v
to arouse, waken, excite, turn on: je suis tres excitee d'aller voter -- I'm very excited to go and vote
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defavorable adj(f)
unfavorable: le climat etait trop defavorable -- the
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bulle la
bubble: ce gouvernement est dans une bulle qui lui cache la realite -- this government is in a bubble that hides it from reality
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buter v
to stumble, trip, run into, prop up, score: elle s'est butee a toutes sortes de delais -- she stumbled into all kinds of delays
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claquer v
to flap, bang, slam, snap: j'avais envie de claquer violemment la porte derriere lui -- I wanted to slam the door violently behind him
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oubli le
forgetting, leaving behind, missing: mais certaines choses meritent l'oubli -- some things deserve to be forgotten
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demarrage le
start, moving off: generalement le demarrage d'un livre se passe tres bien -- generally, starting a book goes very well
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crete la
crest, top, ridge: un grand nuage noir emmitoufle la crete des montagnes -- a large black cloud hugged the crest of the mountains
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craquer v
to creak, squeak, crackle, give in, strike: les livres neufs craquaient entre les doigts -- the new books were crisp between his fingers
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militer v
to militate: nous avons toujours milite contre l'exploitation -- we have always mobilized against exploitation
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perpetuel adj
perpetual, everlasting, never-ending: elle est une tension perpetuelle -- she is highly strung
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feroce adj(f)
ferocious, fierce: son regard etait noir et feroce -- his glare was dark and ferocious
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vulgaire nadj(f)
vulgar, common, popular: tu es vulgaire -- you're vulgar
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blinde adj
armoured: la majorite de nos vehicules blindes sont des blindes legers -- most of our armored vehicles
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rente la
annuity, pension: l'accumulation des rentes est funeste pour le monde occidental -- the accumulation of income is deadly for the West
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justesse la
accuracy, precision: la question de la justesse se pose -- the question of correctness is relevant here
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enclin adj
enclined, prone: je suis enclin a les laisser pourrir -- I'm inclined to let them rot
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bond le
leap, rebound: la richesse du pays a fait un bond -- the wealth of the country rebounded
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cave adj(f),nm,nf
cellar, basement: il faut descendre dans la cave -- we had to go down into the cellar
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salaud nadj
bastard: les hommes sont des salauds -- men are pigs
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caution la
deposit, guarantee, bail: le prevenu doit egalement regler une caution de 80.000 euros -- the accused must also post a bail of 80,000 euros
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precipitation la
haste, precipitation: la precipitation est rarement une bonne conseillere -- haste is rarely a wise counselor
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ecrier v
to exclaim, cry out: venez, venez tous, s'ecria-t-elle -- come here, everybody, she yelled
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securitaire adj(f)
safe: le niveau de decontamination sera totalement securitaire -- the contamination level will be perfectly safe
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prejudice le
loss, harm, damage: avez-vous deja subi des prejudices? -- have you already suffered any losses?
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detente la
release, relaxation, détente, loosening: ce n'est pas un week-end de detente -- it's not a relaxing weekend
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frustrer v
to frustrate: j'ai cependant ete frustre par un nouvel echec -- I was nonetheless frustrated by a new failure
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guetter v
to watch over, watch out for: tu vas guetter les flics -- you're going to be on the lookout for the cops
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verdict le
verdict: les jures, avez-vous rendu votre verdict? -- members of the jury, have you arrived at a verdict?
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reiterer v
to reiterate, repeat: il a reitere sa demande aujourd'hui -- he reiterated his request today
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betail le
livestock, cattle: vos chevaux sont la-bas, avec votre betail -- your horses are there, with your cattle
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puits nm(pl)
well, shaft, pit: je suis tombe dans un puits abandonne -- I fell into an abandoned pit
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terrien nadj
earthling; landowner, countryman: le Terrien est sur le point de vomir -- the Earthling is about to vomit
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convoi le
convoy, train: de quel hangar part le convoi? -- the convoy is leaving from which hangar?
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dore adj
golden: la jeunesse etudiante est encore une jeunesse doree -- student youthfulness is still golden youthfulness
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serre la
greenhouse: l'effet de serre est un phenomene naturel -- the greenhouse effect is a natural phenomenon
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aboutissement le
outcome, result: je suis l'aboutissement de tous ces instincts -- I'm the outcome of all of these instincts
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foie le
liver: souffrir de problemes graves au foie -- to suffer from serious liver problems
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renfermer v
to contain, shut, lock, enclose: c'est un homme renferme et primitif, mais profondement loyal -- he's an uncommunicative,
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retrancher v
to deduct, remove; to entrench: son air passif la retranchait du monde -- his passive attitude removed him from the rest of the world
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conceder v
to grant, concede: le dollar a concede une partie du terrain gagne -- the dollar lost some of the ground it had gained
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raciste nadj(f)
racist: je ne tolere aucun comportement raciste a bord -- I don't tolerate any racist behavior on board
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duc le
duke: un mari outrage, un duc, vient se plaindre -- an outraged husband, a duke, comes to complain
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blamer v
to blame, reprimand: il cherche quelqu'un d'autre a blamer -- he's looking for someone else to blame
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progressiste nm,nf
progressive: on a un systeme scolaire progressiste -- we have a progressive school system
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dilemme le
dilemma: c'est l'eternel dilemme de la carotte et du baton -- it's the eternal dilemma of the carrot and the stick
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fasciner v
to fascinate: c'est un sujet qui me fascine -- it's a subject that fascinates me
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remunerer v
to remunerate, pay: il etait remunere par une excellente nourriture -- he was paid with excellent food
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jadis adv
formerly, long ago: jadis, nous etions des esclaves -- long ago, we were slaves
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semblant le
semblance, pretence: faites semblant d'etre desesperee -- pretend to be desperate
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reprimer v
to suppress, repress: vous reprimez ce que vous ressentez -- you're repressing what you feel
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mediation la
mediation, arbitration: les tentatives americaines de mediation ont continue -- American attempts at negotiation continued
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boule la
ball: je lui ai offert une boule a neige -- I offered her a snowball
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hormis prep
save, but: hormis vous, personne n'a vu ce gamin -- except for you, nobody saw this kid
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notoire adj(f)
notorious, well-known: nous detenons en ce moment un meurtrier notoire -- at the moment we have a notorious murderer in custody
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perir v
to perish: je perirais sans toi -- I would perish without you
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forger v
to forge, contrive, make up: il nous faut forger des concepts inconcevables -- we need to invent inconceivable concepts
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huitieme det,nm,nf
eighth: il a termine la course huitieme -- he finished the race in eighth place
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intimider v
to intimidate: il essayait de m'intimider -- he tried to intimidate me
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confort le
comfort: tout le monde vit dans le confort -- everyone lives in comfort
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cruaute la
cruelty: c'est tout simplement un acte de cruaute -- it's simply an act of cruelty
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mortalite la
mortality, death rate: la mortalite par cancer continue a decroitre aux Etats-Unis -- cancer deaths continue to
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exiler v
to exile: il se lamentait d'etre exile -- he rued at being exiled
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plaie la
wound: il lavera et sechera nos plaies -- he will wash and dry our wounds
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denonciation la
denunciation: la denonciation ne doit pas etre acide ou sarcastique -- the denunciation need not be acerbic or sarcastic
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visee la
aim, design, sighting: nous n'avons aucune visee sur l'Indochine -- we have no designs for Indochina
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retenue la
deduction; restraint, self-control: je me suis racontee sans aucune retenue -- I talked about myself without any restraint
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chancelier le
chancellor: le chancelier doit rencontrer le president du parlement -- the chancellor must meet the speaker of the parliament
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hater v
to quicken, hasten: hate-toi de revenir -- hurry back
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devouer v
to devote, sacrifice oneself: elle se devoua a la gloire de son ami -- she devoted herself to the glory of her friend
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la borne
milestone, boundary stone: je vous ai affirme notre admiration sans bornes -- I have asserted to you our unqualified admiration
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la mentalite
mentality: il faut instaurer une mentalite de gagnant et de bosseur -- we need to establish a winning and hard-working mentality
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creme adji,nf
cream: son pere lui appliqua une creme desinfectante et lui banda la main -- his father applied some disinfectant cream and bandaged his hand
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la foire
fair: hier, j'etais a la foire aux livres -- yesterday I was at the book fair
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la milice
militia: les milices sont responsables de crimes contre l'humanite -- the militias are responsible for crimes against humanity
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la fillette
little girl, girl: certes la fillette semblait precoce -- the little girl certainly seemed precocious
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le vieillard
old man: le vieillard haussa les epaules -- the old man shrugged his shoulders
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le trottoir
pavement: mets-moi sur le trottoir, je me debrouillerai -- put me on the sidewalk, I'll manage
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vetir v
to clothe, dress, put on: c'etait un vieil homme, vetu bourgeoisement -- he was an old man, dressed simply
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replacer v
to replace, put back: il replaca le paquet dans sa poche -- he returned the package to his pocket
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decerner v
to award, give, issue: en science, on ne decerne pas de distinction pour les redecouvertes -- in science nobody
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la implantation
implanting, setting up, establishment, implantation, installation: quelle est votre strategie d'implantation? -- what is your installation strategy?
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murmurer v
to murmur: elle a murmure dans mon oreille -- she mumbled into my ear
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echeant adj
if need be: c'est moi qui le cas echeant prendrai la decision -- I'm the one who will make the decision if
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epanouir v
to bloom, blossom: elle est tres vivante et s'epanouit de plus en plus -- she's very lively and is blossoming more and more
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le poil
hair, bristle: il est allergique au poil de chat -- he's allergic to cat hair
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plenier adj
plenary, full: l'assemblee pleniere est tombee d'accord -- the plenary assembly came to agreement
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le scepticisme
scepticism: je vous concede que le scepticisme n'est pas tres sexy -- I admit that scepticism isn't very sexy
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escompter v
to discount; to expect: cela n'a pas eu les resultats escomptes -- that didn't have the expected results
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desastreux adj(pl)
disastrous: ce sera un mariage desastreux -- that will be a disastrous marriage
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odieux adj(pl)
hateful, odious: ces facons de parler sont odieuses -- these are heinous manners of speaking
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le eloge
praise: je ferai votre eloge -- I will sing your praises
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la planification
planning: ils doivent payer pour la mauvaise planification -- they have to pay for bad planning
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figer v
to clot, coagulate, congeal, set: le pauvre animal resta fige sur place -- the poor animal remained frozen in its tracks
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guerrier nadj
warrior; warlike: t'as une ame de guerrier -- you have a warrior's soul
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le diamant
diamond: c'est le plus beau diamant du monde -- it's the most beautiful diamond in the world
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camoufler v
to cover up, conceal, camouflage: certaines araignees changent leurs couleurs pour se camoufler -- some spiders change colours as camouflage
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la multiplication
multiplication: j'avais predit une multiplication de travail pour l'automne -- I predicted an increase in workload for the fall
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stopper v
to stop, halt: vous pourriez me stopper avec un seul mot -- you could stop me with one single word
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influer v
to influence, have an influence on: chaque vie, influe sur les autres -- each life influences others
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lasser v
to tire, weary, grow weary: je ne veux pas lasser le public -- I don't want to make the public weary
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nefaste adj(f)
harmful, ill-fated: ces polluants sont nefastes pour tous -- these pollutants are harmful to everyone
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hanter v
to haunt: tu hantes mes reves -- you haunt my dreams
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applique adj
assiduous, industrious, careful: oui, j'etais une eleve appliquee -- yes, I was a diligent student
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brouiller v
to mix-up, confuse, scramble: le recit des confessions brouille tout -- the written confession muddles up everything
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le poumon
lung: ils respiraient a pleins poumons -- they breathed very deeply
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emmerder v
to bug, bother: je serais bien emmerde si tu attrapais une pneumonie -- I would be pissed off if you catch a cold
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le aveu
confession: je considere votre silence comme un aveu -- I take your silence to be a confession
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la conformite
conformity: on a un probleme de conformite au niveau des registres -- we have a consistency problem with the books
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obseder v
to obsess, haunt: je ne suis pas obsedee du tout par la reussite -- I'm not at all obsessed by success
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le essor
expansion, development, flight: cette ville a pris un nouvel essor economique et touristique -- this city has made new strides in the economy and tourism
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detenteur nadj
holder, possessor, bearer: cette carte plastifiee devrait permettre a son detenteur de voter -- this plastic card should allow the bearer to vote
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venger v
to avenge, take revenge: tu t'es venge. rejouis-toi avant d'oublier -- you got your revenge. enjoy it before you forget
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mou adj,nm
soft: je devenais froide et molle comme un vieux cadavre -- I became cold and soft like an old
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solaire adj(f)
solar: nous pensons que le systeme solaire est issu d'une etoile -- we think the solar system emerged from a star
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la traversee
crossing: la traversee avait dure juste trois heures -- it only took three hours to make the crossing
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le fleau
scourge, plague: la pauvrete est un fleau -- poverty is a plague
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le debouche
prospect, opportunity, opening: il existe de nombreux debouches dans plusieurs branches -- there are several openings in many branches
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rouvrir v
to reopen: quant aux ecoles militaires, elles etaient rouvertes sans delai -- the military schools were reopened without delay
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le spectre
spectrum, ghost: le spectre d'un conflit nucleaire generalise s'ecarte -- the threat of a widespread nuclear conflict is lessening
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integral adj
complete, unabridged: ils constituent un element integral de notre histoire -- they constitute an integral part of our history
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neerlandais nadj(pl)
Dutch: la multinationale neerlandaise a annonce de nouvelles pertes -- the Dutch multinational
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le renouveau
renewal: ce renouveau doit, naturellement, commencer par en haut -- this renewal of course has to come top-down
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inculper v
to charge: les preuves etaient insuffisantes pour l'inculper -- the evidence was insufficient to charge him
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la ratification
ratification: le processus de ratification n'est pas mort -- the ratification process is not dead
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la coulisse
backstage, wings, behind the scenes: car, en coulisse, on negocia -- for, behind the scenes, there were negotiations
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eminent adj
eminent, distinguished: je souscris volontiers au verdict d'un eminent psychanalyste -- I gladly concur with the verdict of a distinguished psychoanalyst
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relater v
to relate, recount: ils m'ont relate des histoires cauchemardesques -- they recounted nightmarish stories
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le bouleversement
upheaval: le bouleversement est profond autour de nous -- profound upheaval is all around us
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gacher v
to waste, spoil: je ne voulais pas gacher votre fete -- I didn't want to ruin your party
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le eventail
fan, range: le gouvernement finance un eventail d'initiatives de recherche -- the government is financing a range of research initiatives
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differencier v
to differentiate: je sais differencier un compliment d'une flatterie -- I know the difference between a
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la retombee
fallout, consequences, effects: je n'ai pas eu de mauvaises retombees -- I haven't had any bad effects
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incomber v
to be incumbent upon: ce role leur incombe maintenant -- this role falls to them now
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insense nadj
insane: t'as un comportement insense -- your behavior is crazy
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esthetique nadj(f)
aesthetics, attractiveness; attractive: je ressens une passion esthetique -- I feel an aesthetic passion
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demenager v
to move: on a demenage dans un petit local -- we moved into a little nook
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le fouet
whip: il marchait sous le fouet du maitre -- he walked under the whip of the master
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envelopper v
to wrap, surround, veil: donne-moi quelque chose pour envelopper le petit -- give me something to wrap the infant in
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est nmi
east: toutes les eglises sont tournees vers l'est -- all of the churches have turned their attention
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foncier adj
land-related, land, fundamental: le code foncier va permettre cela -- the land-use laws will allow that
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diversifier v
to vary, diversify: on a un pays tres diversifie -- we have a very diversified country
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desireux adj(pl)
avid for, anxious to, desirous of: beaucoup seraient desireux de vous rencontrer -- many people would be happy to meet you
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la lance
lance: ils forgeront des charrues, des lances -- they will make chariots, lances
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inedit nadj
unpublished; original, new: dix-sept films inedits seront en competition -- seventeen unedited films will be competing
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innombrable adj(f)
innumerable, countless: son existence resulte d'innombrables morts -- its existence stems from an untold number of deaths
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deplaire v
to displease, be unhappy: tout ce qui est superflu deplait a Dieu et a la nature -- anything superfluous displeases God and nature
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pleuvoir v
to rain: il trouve qu'il pleut tous les jours -- he finds that it rains every day
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le sorcier
sorcerer, witch: les sorcieres aussi tombent malades? -- witches get sick too?
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le romancier
novelist: un romancier raconte toujours une histoire, son histoire -- a novelist always tells a story, his story
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derober v
to steal, hide: on leur deroba leurs valises -- their luggage was stolen
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continuellement adv
continually, continuously: je dors continuellement, et j'ai de la fievre -- I sleep constantly, and I have a fever
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la soumission
submission: le foulard symbolise la soumission a Dieu -- the head scarf symbolizes submission to God
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concretiser v
to materialise: j'espere vraiment concretiser ce reve un jour! -- I really hope to realize this dream one day!
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borner v
to limit, confine: nous nous bornons a faire notre travail -- we confine ourselves to doing our work
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douanier nadj
customs officer: il n'y avait pas de controle douanier -- there was no customs check
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signataire nm,nf
signatory: je crois qu'il faut 30 signataires -- I think we need 30 signatures
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le complot
plot, conspiracy: je n'aime pas les complots, les mysteres -- I don't like conspiracies or mysteries
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la fleche
arrow: cette fleche indique l'ordre de traitement -- this arrow shows the order of processing
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apprehender v
to dread, apprehend: 15.000 clandestins ont ete apprehendes -- 15,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended
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grandissant adj
growing, increasing: l'insatisfaction grandissante exige une action rapide -- growing dissatisfaction requires a rapid response
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la obtention
obtaining, achievement: l'obtention d'un diplome est une occasion speciale -- obtaining a diploma is a special occasion
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indigene nadj(f)
native, local: il reste a convaincre les indigenes de vendre leurs terres -- the natives still have to be
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le auditeur
auditor, listener: mais le choix appartient aux auditeurs -- but the choice belongs to the listener
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le glissement
sliding, slipping, skidding: des glissements de neige humide pourraient se produire -- wet snowslides could occur
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le recepteur
receiver, receiving: il avait neglige de decrocher le recepteur -- he had forgotten to lift up the receiver
