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Huis Clos Flashcards

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Chimney

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Une cheminée

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Les meubles

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Furniture

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Un fauteil

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An armchair

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Nonsense

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L’ânerie

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A tunnel

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Un entonnoir

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Subit

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Sudden

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ôter

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To take off/ to deprive

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S’épargner

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To spare yourself

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Intimacy

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La familiarité

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To turn up

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S’amener

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Jurer

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To swear

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Un pal

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A stake

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Songer

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To dream

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A mirror

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Une glace

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To sink

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S’enfoncer

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Le type

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Guy

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Se noyer

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To drown

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Without

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Hors/dépourvu

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A nightmare

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Un cauchemar

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Vanter

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To praise

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Paner

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To bet

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S’allonger

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To lie down

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Sofa/settee

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Un canapé

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To keep quiet

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Se taire

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Sauter

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To jump

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Une coupure

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A power cut/ interruption

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Gémir

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To moan/ whine

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Suspicious

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Soupçonneux

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An eyelid

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Une paupière

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A curtain

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Un rideau

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Teasing

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Taquin

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Attrophié

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Withering

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Anéantir

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To destroy

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Humecter

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To moisten

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A break

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Un répit

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Snug/ cosy

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Douillet

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Dedans

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Indoors

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Parbleu

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Of course

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Au bout de

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At the end

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A corridor

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Un couloir

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A switch

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Un interrupteur

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Release date

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Un jour de sortie

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Chicaner

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To quibble

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Sursauter

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To start/ jump (with surprise)

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Une sonnette

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A doorbell

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Coincé

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Jammed/ stuck up

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To get carried away

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S’emballer

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Paper-knife

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Un coupe-papier

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To shrug

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Hausser les épaules

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Flatter

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To stroke

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Un poing

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A fist

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Se rasseoir

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To sit back down

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53
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To inquire

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Se renseigner

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Disappointed

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Déçu

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55
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To be aware

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Etre au courant de

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Sot

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Stupid

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Regretter

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To miss

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Le bourreau

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Torturer

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A mistake

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Une méprise

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Worn out

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Rompu

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Look/appearance

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La mine

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Assommant

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Stifling/ boring

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Importun

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Troublesome

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Se receuillir

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To gather yourself

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65
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Bolted

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Verrouillé

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To move

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Remuer

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A spinning top

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Une toupie

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Demander pardon

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To ask for forgiveness

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Se rendre compte de

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To realise/ summarise

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Infliger

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To inflict

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To succeed

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Aboutir

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Constrictive

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Contraignant

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To extend

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Rallonger

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Se diriger vers

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To head towards

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Pour quoi faire?

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What for?

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To bury

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Enfouir

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To relieve

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Soulager

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Ugly

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Laid

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Disposer

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To arrange

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Bordeaux

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Burgundy

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S’incliner

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To yield

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To wilt

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Se faner

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To kill/finish

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Achever

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Mascara

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Le rimmel

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Abruti

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Idiot/idiotic

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Une balle

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A bullet

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La casarne

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Barracks

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To suspect

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Se douter de

89
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Lost

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Absorbé

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To worry about

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Se préoccuper de

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Le front

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Forehead

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Un veston

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Jacket

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Une salle de rédaction

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A writing room

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A woodlouse

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Un cloporte

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To undress

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Se déshabiller

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Sceller

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To seal

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Vide

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Empty

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Sleeves

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Les manches

99
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Elbow

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Un coude

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Shortsleeves

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En bras de chemise

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Demeurer

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To remain

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Étouffé

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Smothered

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Le hasard

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Chance/luck/fate

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Recoil

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Un recu

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To get to the bottom of

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Aller jusqu’au bout de

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Regulated

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Réglé

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Un didascalle

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Stage direction

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Fusiller

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To shoot

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Diriger

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To guide/ lead/ run

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Un enterrement

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A funeral

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To make a mistake

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Se tromper

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To fold/ cross

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Croiser

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In short

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En somme

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Craintif

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Timid/fearful

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Orgueilleux

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Proud

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Un vielliard

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An old man

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Subalterne

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Inferior/menial

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A handshake

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Une poignée de main

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A clue

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Un indice

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Jouer la comédie

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To put on an act

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Assorti

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Matching

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Posé

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Controlled

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Raw (vegetables)

Crude/rough/rude

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Cru

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Courts administration service

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Le greffe

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Défendre à qqn de faire qqch

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To forbid someone from doing

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Chanceller

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To totter/stagger

127
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Une causeuse

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A love seat

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To hurry/leap/rush

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Se précipiter

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A mat/rug/carpet

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Un tapis

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Nuire

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To harm

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Une tirade

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A monologue/soliloquy

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Un bavardage

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A discussion

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Standing

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Debout

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Distress/ despair

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Le désespoir

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A game

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Un manège

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Avoir affaire à

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To have to deal with

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Le miroir aux alouettes

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Lure/ enticement

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Apprivoisé

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Tame

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To attempt to do something

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Tâcher de faire qqch

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Awake

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Éveillé

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Avoir du goût de revenez-y

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To leave you wanting more

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Soulagé

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Relieved

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En deuil

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In mourning

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Reluctant

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Réticent

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Achevé

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Finished/ complete

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Hole

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Un trou

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To remain

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Demeurer

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However much

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Avoir beau

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To struggle

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Avoir de la peine

150
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Faire des mines

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To make glances

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Un péché

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A sin

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Apeuré

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Frightened

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Bad-tempered

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Colérique

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Worm

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Vers

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A lout

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Un goujat

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Une mulâtresse

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A mixed raced mistress

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Dérisoire

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Ridiculous

158
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Fracasser

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To squash

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Hoarse

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Rauque

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Ignobles

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Disgusting

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Se pencher

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To lean

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Un sanglot

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A sob

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Se vouloir de qqn

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To bear a grudge

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To muddle

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Embrouiller

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To fan

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éventer

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To be clear of the situation

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Se tirer d’affaire

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La secousse

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Tremor

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Chuchoter

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To whisper

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S’embrasser

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To kiss

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Frissoner

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To shiver

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Tricks

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Ruses

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Rotten

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Pourrie

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To offer/lend

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Prêter

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Guetter

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To spy

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Un chevaux de bois

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A carousel

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Lâchez prise!

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Give up!

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To shake yourself off

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Se secouer

178
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Help

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Au secours

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Emmener

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To take

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An idiot

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Un niais

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The chest

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La poitrine

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Thumbling

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Petit Poucet

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Chavirer

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To upset

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Le toupet

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Cheek

185
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To fling

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Flanquer

186
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To wallop

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Cogner

187
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Le dépit

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Bitterness

188
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Grelotter

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To shiver

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Un salaud

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A bastard

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To lock away (inf)

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Coffrer

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To suffocate

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Étouffer

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To guess

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Deviner

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Dépité

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Aggrieved

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Épier

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To spy on

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La consigne

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Order

196
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Denial

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Le démenti

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Weary

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Las

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Mettre la main au collet

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To arrest

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Fin

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Perceptive

200
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Tambouriner

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To drum

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Clammy

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Moite

202
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An octopus

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Une pieuvre

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A swamp/ marsh

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Un marécage

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Sortir ses griffes

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To bear your claws

205
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Un trouble-fête

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A spoil sport

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Les tenailles

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Pliers

207
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Tweezers

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Les pincettes (f)

208
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A whip

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Un fouet

209
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Sulphuric acid

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Le vitriol

210
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Bondir

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To leap

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Se fouter de

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To make fun of

212
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Une patte

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A claw/ paw

213
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A love triangle

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Un ménage à trois

214
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Twisted

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Tordu

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Stifling

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Étouffant

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Punchy

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Percutant

217
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L’humour pince-sans-rire

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Deadpan humour

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Incisif

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Hurtful

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