General Vocabulary Flashcards

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Exhausted

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épuisé(e)

crevé(e)

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To twiddle your thumbs

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se tourner les pouces

“Il se tourne les pouces”

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to shelter

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arbiter

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to shelter from (sth)

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s’arbiter

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5
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a handlebar

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un guidon

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a tear ( as in crying)

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une larme

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a blade (or edge of sth)

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une lame

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hard (adj) as in “this peach is hard”

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mure (adj)

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Unfinished

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inachevé(e)

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10
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the clutch master cylinder

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le maître cylindre d’embrayage

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lazing (around)

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parassé(e). Adjectives or pp agreement with adj but not for pp
flamardé(e)

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To be lucky

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j’ai eu de la chance.
avoir de la chance
Avoir du pot
J’ai eu du pot

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13
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What make? Informal register.

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De chez qui?

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Do you miss me?

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Je te manque?

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15
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We had a really good laugh

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Nous avons bien rigolés

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16
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A good laugh (informal register)

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Une bonne rigolade

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17
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A grievance

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Une doléance

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18
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overwhelmed

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accablé(e) adj, pp

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19
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careworn

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accablé de soucis

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20
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Taxes

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Les impôts

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21
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Sorrow, grief

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le chagrin (nm)

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Cottage

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Chaumière (nf)

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23
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Priests

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Les ecclésiastiques (nm)

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ecclesiastical

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ecclésiastique (adj)

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Salt tax
La Gabelle
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It is going to be cold
Il va faire froid
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To blush
Écarlater
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She could have ..
Elle aurait pu...
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She should have...
Elle aurait du
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To heighten, to increase, to intensify
accroître
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Outside
Dehors (pronounced 'doors')
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I'm looking forward to...
Il me tard de ..... vous revoir, vous rencontre etc
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Wellies
Bottes de caoutchouc
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To pick (a name), to use a pick axe, to pick a card
Piocher
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Store sign
L'enseigne (nf)
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Sub lieutenant Insignia Colours (as in flag)
L'enseigne (nm)
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To identify, to spot | To notice, to detect, to locate
Réperer
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To evoke To bring to mind To remind sb of sth
Évoquer
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Borrowed
Emprunté(e)
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To borrow
Emprunter
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Massed adj
Massée adj
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Road | Pavement
La chausée
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On both sides
De part et d'autre
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To jam in | Syn: coincer
S'entasser
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A bunch | A cluster
Une grappe
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A mast
Un mât
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a scale | a ladder
Une échelle
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To warm up
Échauffer
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To reheat (food for example)
Réchauffer
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Tights
Les collants nmpl
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Sticky | Clinging
Collant
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Grumpy adj
grincheux | râleur
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To be grumpy
Râler | Grincher
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Stop complaining | Stop being grimpe
Arrête(z) de râler | Arrete(z) de grincher
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Scaffolding
(Le) échafaudage
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he/she is as thick as two short planks.
Elle s'en tient une couche | avoir ou en tenir une couche
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Right in the middle
Au beau milieu
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Nevertheless
Tout de même
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To die ( esp of food) familiar
Passer a la casserole
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A registered person | A registered voter
Un inscrit
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Prodigiously
Prodigieusement
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Terribly Horribly Dreadfully
Affreusement
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Badly written
mal écrit
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The repetitions
les redites nf
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The vagueness, haziness
Le flou
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Maintained adj
Entretenu adj | Entretenir vb to maintain, to look after
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Painful, difficult, tiresome
Pénible
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To be bored with
S'ennuyer avec
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To break or To break up (avec qqn)
Se briser
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To gag
Bâillonner
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High precision
Haute précision
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Scene of a disturbance, scene of a riot
Scène d'émeute
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Authoritarianisme
L'autoritarisme
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Discontent | Unhappiness
Mécontentement
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Abyss | Chasm
L'abîme
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To own | To possess
Posséder
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Out of shape, Misshapen Deformed
Déformé
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To ridicule To scorn To flout
Bafouer | Bafoué
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To lose or misplace (qqch) | To get carried away
Égarer
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National unity
L'unité national
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To rebuild | To reconstituate
Reconstituer
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Disturbed | Shaker
Ébranlé
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A frenzy
Frénésie nf
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Frantically
Avec frénésie
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Impersonation | Usurpation
Usurpation
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Put in hand..
Mettre en œuvre
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A look, appearance
Une apparence nf
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A glimpse, an insight
Un aperçu
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To be challenged
Défier
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To barricade To block To strike out
Barrer
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Suddenly | Overnight (but not in the literal sense)
Du jour au lendemain Il est devenu célèbre du jour au lendemain.
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A lightening bolt nm | To fall head over heels in love with... Vb
Un coup de foudre
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To bring up or raise a subject
Évoquer
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An opportunity
Un atout
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Whereas | While
Alors que
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A stupidity
Une bêtise
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as long as
tant que
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as long as
tant que
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Réorganisation | Reshuffle
Remaniement nm
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To fetch (sb, eg children)
Récupérer
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as long as
tant que
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To choke | To have something go down the wrong way
Faire une fausse route
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Pampered | Mollycoddled
bichonné adj
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1. Untreated, raw, natural 2. Gros 3. Dry (as in champagne)
Brut (e) (s). Adj
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In these straitened times | In these hard times
En ces temps de vaches maigres
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Preliminary Prior to Preceding
préalable
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As much from..... As from....
Tant de....que de...
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The workforce
La main-d’œuvre
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By allowing them to...
en leur permettant de faire
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The main target
La cible principale
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And yet
Et pourtant
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To be stuck with
Se taper
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Moi je m’en tape (fam.)
moi, cela m’est égal
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If needs be
Si besoin est
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To think about (it)
Réfléchir
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I did nothing special
Je n'ai rien fait de spécial
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I didn't see anyone new.
Je n'ai vu personne de nouveau
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She/he is someone intelligent
C'est quelqu'un d'intelligent
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That's something interesting
C'est quelque chose d'intéressante
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Hardly
ne ......guère
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Tirelessly
inlassablement
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Court clerk
Un Greffier
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Let's go
On y va Allons-y Vas-y
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To come across (sth)
Tomber sur
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At the other end of the scale | On the other hand
à l’autre bout de la chaîne
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Except
Hormis | Sauf
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Against his will
contre son gré
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According to, following
au gré de
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Anti terrorist
vigipirate nm
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Less | Fewer
En moins | eg un concurrent en moins
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A lifting (of something eg an embargo)
une levée
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I am slow on the uptake
Je suis long à la détente. | Être long à la détente
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?
Avoir du plomb dans l'aile.
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Called into question
Mis en cause
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Clever | Smart
Malin
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That's clever
C'est malin
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Stunning (negative sense) | Stupefying
Ahurissant
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Appearance | Publication
Parution nf
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At the back | At the rear
À l'arrière
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Échouer | Échoué
To fail vb | Failed adj
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dans telle ou telle dans tel ou tel eg "globalement consideree dans le cadre de telle ou telle economie national."
In the [ ] of some [ ] or another | eg in the framework of some national economy or another
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soften, mollify (vtr) | soften, become mellow (v pron)
adoucir⇒ vtr (rendre doux) | s'adoucir v pron (devenir moins dur)
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Behaviours, customs, habits OR morals
Mœurs nfpl
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Deaf
Sourd (adj)
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To put right | To repair
Réparer
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To gather | To receive
recueillir⇒ vtr (récolter)
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Retrouver
To find sth | To find sth again
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To find yourself
se retrouver
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repérer⇒ vtr (remarquer qch)
notice, detect, spot, pick out, catch vtr | locate, discover
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Insane | Demented
démentiel adj
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apocalyptique adj
apocalyptic
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to one's liking
à son gré
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Appear like a bolt out of the blue
Surgir de nulle part