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Embrace, hug each other , untertwine, interlace

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S’enlacer
Enlacer embrace, hold, take in yr arms
Il l’enlaça pour la réconforter.

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Understand, twig, get v

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Piger
Je ne pige que dalle = je ne comprends rien. Commonly used .inf
Being completely clueless

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Gurgle v

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Glouglouter

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Speech, adresse n

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Discours m
Discourir de give a speech about, talk over
Descourir sur talk about, discuss

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Skip n

Cable car, telecabin

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Benne f

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Rubbish, garbage, litter

Swear word, obscenity

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Ordures nfpl

Ordure nf

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Cancel out, offset, compensate for, neutralise

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Contrebalancer

S’en balancer couldn’t care less about

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Internalise v

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Intérioriser
And hold sth in, swallow
Elle intériorise sa colère
Il a intériorisé le mode de vie japonaise

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Plea n

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Supplication f

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Rowdy, raucous, noisy adj

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Tapageur
Les voisins sont tapageurs ce soir
En entendant ces sanglots tapageurs

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Piece (music) n

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Morceau m
J’aime jouer ce morceau au piono
Elle trouve le morceau qu’elle cherche sur son ipod.
And lump, cube, bit, fragment, extract, passage
A collection of extracts un recueil de morceaux

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Fill out, put on weight

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S’étoffer

Develop, expand, fill out,pad étoffer

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Slumped, slouched adj

Crumpled, rumpled, shape less

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Avachi
Il s’était encore plus avachi sur son siège
Avachir to slump, flop down

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Bloke

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Gus

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Hoarse, huskh, rough, croaky adj

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Rauque
Il fume bc et sa voix est rauque
D’une voix rauque huskily adv

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Shoulder blade

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Omoplate f

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Paint pots

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Les bidons de peinture

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Tarp, tarpaulin, canvas sheet

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Bâche f

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Work boot

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Brodequin m

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Rot n
Corruption
Scumbag

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Pourriture f

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Tool box

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Une caisse à outils

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Back light, back lighting n

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Contre-jour m
Les objets en contre-jour
À contre-jour backlit, against the light

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Stepladder, stool

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Escabeau m

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Zigzag, twist and turn, bore into v

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Vriller

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Suppress, hold back, restrain v

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Réprimer

Réprimer un bâillement

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Den, lair

Retreat, hideaway

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Tanière f

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Teeth marks, bite

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Morsure f

Morsure de serpent

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Dream, fantasise v

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Fantasmer

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Coward n

Week, feeble, cowardly adj

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Lâche mf
Ce soldat est un lâche
Une attitude lâche

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Pliers, tongs

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Pince f
Not pl!
Pincé tight lipped adj

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Disapproving, critical adj

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Réprobateur

Sa moue réprobatrice exprimait….

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Cotton bud (ear ones)

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Coton-tige m

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Tarmac, tar, bitumen

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Goudron m

Goudron de pin

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Act like a fool/idiot, fool about, talk nonsense

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Déconner

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Swing n

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Balançoire f

Je pousse X sur la balançoire

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Sweetish, sickly sweet adj

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Douceâtre

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Ajar adj

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Entrouverte

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Hook, hanger, peg

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Patère f

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Jack (car)

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Cric m

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Ditch n

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Fossé m

Fosse , pit, grave

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reckless driver n

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Chauffard m

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42
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Crime tape

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Les tresses de la police

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Swollen, puffed up adj

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Bouffi

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Sea gull, gull

Lice raft

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Mouette f

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Pacify, calm down v

Quench

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Apaiser
S’apaiser Calm down, become calm
Apaisement Cooling off’ down, calming down

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Lucky charm, talisman

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Grigri m

Gri-gri

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Pinch, pilfer v

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Chaparder

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Handle, manage, get by

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Se débrouiller

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Vegie patch, vegetable garden

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Potager m

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50
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Bobby pin hair clip

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Barrette f

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51
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Ruin spoil damage

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Abimer

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Brush graze touch v

Scrape scratch

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Effleurer

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Smooth straighten touch re hair beard

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Lisser

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Junk cheap (object)
Bargain n
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Pacotille f

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Bud

Zit

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Bourgeon m

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Grumpy, cranky,groutchy adj

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Grincheux

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Immature adj

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Immature

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Recovery, resumption, regrowth n

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Reprise f

And for TV shows repeated

59
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Boarding school

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Pension f

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Flash in the pan

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Un feu de paille

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Decline n

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Déchéance f

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Drug addict’ junkie

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Toxicomane m

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Speechless quiet adj

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Coi

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Hungry, Famished, starving adj

Hungry for

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Affamé
(de qch)
Il est affamé de savoir
Affamer v

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Raise, pick up, lift

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Relever

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Petty, mean adj

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Mesquin

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Hop up and down

Stamp yr feet

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Trepigner

68
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Scribble

Scrawl

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Gribouiller

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Double-sided’ printed on both sides, front and back

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Recto verso

Write on the back écrire au verso

70
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Lampshade

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Abat-jour m

71
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Nursery rhyme

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Comptine m

72
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Puppy

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Chiot

73
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Ditto, lîkewise

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Itou

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Mud

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Boue f

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Darkness

Obscurity

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Ténèbres fpl

76
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Deafness, hearing loss

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Surdité f

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Be exhausted, dry up, run out

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Tarir

Even fig

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Ignorant , uncultivated adj

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Ignare

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Babble, prattle, chatter on, chatter away

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Babiller

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Housing estate, housing project

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Lotissement m

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Absence, lack, shortage

Defiency

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Manque m

82
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Filthy vile squalid adj

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Immonde

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Distant, remote adj

Distance n

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Lointain m

84
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Breath

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Haleine f
À en perdre haleine breathlessly
Il parla à en perdre haleine
Courir à perdre haleine run lîke the wind

85
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Small garden

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Jardinet m

86
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Candle

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Chandelle f

87
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From now on

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Désormais

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Stare v

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Dévisager

89
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I sort it out myself

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Je vais me démerder tout seul

90
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Piss off, annoy, bothet

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Hérisser

Fig bristle

91
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Detect notice locate pick out

Identify

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Repérer

92
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Sow scatter sprinkle

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Semer

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Unearth find

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Dénicher

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Scrape scrub v

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Racler

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Start, jump w surprise

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Sursauter

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Absent minded

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Étourdi

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Slightly, a little

Lightly

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Légèrement

Il a l haussé le voix

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Great!

Brilliant!

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Génial

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Head for, towards

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Se diriger vers

Elle se dirige vers la sortie

100
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Again

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De nouveau

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As long as (time)

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Aussi longtemps que

102
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Think of sth, consider doing or think’of doing sth

Daydream

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Songer à qqc, songer à faire qqc
Songer
Je songe à m’installer à Sydney

103
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Knead, mix, beat

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Malaxer
Il faut malaxer la pâte….
And il se malaxe le front

104
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Good grief! Good Lord! Goodness!

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Bon sang!

105
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Cluttered, littered,
Congested, jammed
Obstructed

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Encombré
Even : the sky
Le bureau était encombré de papiers
Les rues étaient encombrées

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Mind intellect

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Esprit m

107
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Wait patiently v

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Patienter

Il patiente en lisant un livre

108
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Parking n

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Stationnement m

Le s est payant de 8 h à 18 h

109
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Traffic warden

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Contractuel m

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Warning n

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La mise en garde

111
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Enter

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Pénétrer dans

And touch, infiltrate

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Building n

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Édifice m

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Feast sl

Binge, slap-up

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Gueuleton m

114
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Paper cup, tumbler

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Gobelet m

Un gobelet en polystyrène à la main

115
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Ages ago

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Belle lurette f
Il y a belle lurette que
Ca fait b l que…

116
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Discuss, debate

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Débattre de
Discuter sur
Nous débattons de l’égalité des sexes

117
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Peak hours

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Aux heures de pointe

118
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Spirit soul

Heart and soul

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Âme f

119
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Home fig

Fold

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Bercail m

Il retourne au bercail après un an autour du monde

120
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Weave v

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Slalomer

121
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Butt rear end fam
Hindquarters
Haunch

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Arrière-train m

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Free mason

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Franc-maçon m

123
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Not trust, be suspicious of , beware of

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Se méfier de

Méfie-toi! Be careful!

124
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You speak shop!

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Tu parles boutique

125
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Worthy of, appropriate for

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