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1
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provenir

A

(vi) to come (come from) arise from ( grape comes from the vine)

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épouvante

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great fear

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hurlements

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howl or yell

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malodorant

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(adj) foul-smelling

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embouteillages

A

traffic jam

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pianoter

A

tapping with fingers like playing a piano

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marteler

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to beat, to pound

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le postillon

A

(nm) drop of saliva

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un rot

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a burp

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accoutrement

A

equipment

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les rapaces

A

bird of prey

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maniéré

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(adj) mannered, person’s style

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le bout

A

the end

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14
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mordoré

A

bronze

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ébranler

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to rattle, to shake

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le hululement

A

hooting

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monocorde

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(adj) monotonous

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rétrouviseur

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rear-view mirror

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le perron

A

flight of steps

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dodu ou dodues

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(adj) plump

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21
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songer

A

to think about

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22
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cadenassée

A

(v) padlocked

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le baldaquin

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canopy

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(adj) osseux

A

bony

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déborder

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(vtr) to go beyond (beyond scope etc.)

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la cantine

A

(nf) cafeteria

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marteler or martelant

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(vtr) to beat or to pound

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décrocher

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to take down, to uncouple (ie a wagon)

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revanche

A

retaliate, revenge

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30
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le fiston

A

(nm) son, sonny boy

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31
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preceuses

A

hammer drill

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se ressaisit

A

pulled himself together

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33
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(adj) infamante

A

defamatory, dishonorable

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le trajet

A

journey

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abords

A

outside, border

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(adj) gras

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fatty, plump

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chuchoter

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to whisper

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filer

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to rapidly displace, move

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fredonner

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to hum

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(adj) éblouissant

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dazzling

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(adj) chevalin

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equine, horseman

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étouffer

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to stifle, to suffocate, to choke up

43
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sombrement

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(adv) sombrely, gloomily, darkly

44
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la farce

A

(nf) practical joke

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(adj) maniéré

A

style, mannered

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insolite

A

strange, unusual, freaky

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la cantine

A

cafeteria

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proie

A

prey

49
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le lard

A

bacon

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le mage

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(nm) wise men

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dégourdir

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to bring circulation back to a hand or arm that has fallen asleep

52
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la démesurés

A

excesses (ie excessive size)

53
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(adv) quasiment

A

practically

54
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stupéfiant

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(adj) stunning, astounding, stupefying

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embuer

A

to mist up

56
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le fiston

A

sonny

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eclaircir

A

(vtr) to lighten, to clear

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le jais

A

(nm) jet black color

59
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sonore

A

(adj) high-sounding

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badin

A

playful

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(adj) monocorde

A

monotonous

62
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bousier

A

insects

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le scarabée

A

(nm) bettle

64
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quasiment

A

(adv) practically

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le scrabée

A

beetle

66
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le mage

A

magi

67
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la haie

A

(nf) hedge

68
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hulotte

A

owl

69
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le postillion

A

drop of saliva

70
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un fracas

A

(nm) crash, roar, thunder

71
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(adj) sonore

A

high sounding

72
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une amertume

A

(nf) bitterness

73
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chevalin

A

(adj) equine (horses)

74
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délabrer

A

to ruin, to deplete, to become run-down

75
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le hululement

A

(nm) hooting

76
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(adj) malodorant

A

foul smelling

77
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le fracas

A

crash, roar, burst (burst of thunder)

78
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la amertume

A

bitterness

79
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carte routiere

A

road map

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le volant

A

steering wheel

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ébranler

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(vtr) to rattle, to shake, to weaken

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sornettes

A

silly, trivial

83
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s’eveillerent

A

awake, arouse

84
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(adj) grassouillet

A

chubby, plump

85
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grassouillet

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(adj) chubby, plump

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infamante

A

(adj) defamatory

87
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osseuse

A

(adj) bony

88
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le perron

A

(nm) flight of steps

89
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deborder

A

to go beyond, to overwhelm

90
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valoir

A

to be worth something

91
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embuer

A

(vtr) to mist up, to fog up

92
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valoir

A

(vtr) to earn (respect) or to value something

93
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éclaircir

A

to lighten, to clear

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(adj) ruisselant

A

steaming, dripping wet

95
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potin

A

gossip

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