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Hick red neck hill billy

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Pèquenaud

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At about 3 o’clock

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Aux environs de 3 heures

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I’m a little disappointed

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Je suis quelque peu déçu

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On the line (phone)

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Au bout du fil

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Drizzle fine rain

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Bruine f

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Footwork legwork

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Jeu de jambes m

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Miserable squalid adj

Grubby, seedy

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Sordide

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Happen occur

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Advenir

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Cause a stir

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Faire un foin

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Death penalty

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Peine de mort f

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For ever

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À jamais

À tout jamais go ever and ever

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Outline v

Make a start on make a dent in v fig expr

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Esquisser
And to sketch
Esquisder un sourire give a faint smile

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Braces (teeth )

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Appareil dentaire

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Lukewarm tepid adj

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Tiédasse

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Bloody mess

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Merdier

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Good Lord

Good grief

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Bon sang!

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Wrest sth fr sb, get sth out of sb, extract sth fr sb

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Arracher qqc à qqn fig and inf

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It’s a little past 3

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Il est 3 heures et quelques

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Claim v

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Décréter

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21
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Have some nerve/cheek

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Avoir du culot

Quel culot ! (colloquial) What a cheek!, The nerve of it!

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21
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Fat cat

Rich person

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Richard

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Pretense sham

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Faux-semblant m

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Personal trainer

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Entraîneur particulier m

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Be friendly with become friends with

Make friends with

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Se lier à qqn

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Joint (to eat )

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Boui-boui m

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Sissy weakling

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Mauviette f

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Club n

Knockout argument

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Massue
Argument massue m
And argument
Hammer blow coup de massue

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Unbearable Insufferable insupportable

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Imbuvable

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Darned. Jolly expr

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Fichtrement

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Custody

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Garde à vue

Être placé en garde à vue Be held/ remanded in custody

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Joke around mess around

Banter

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Badiner avec qqc

Badiner to banter

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32
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Fixed grin

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Rictus m

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Custody

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Garde à vue

Être placé en garde à vue Be held/ remanded in custody

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Joke around mess around

Banter

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Badiner avec qqc

Badiner to banter

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Fixed grin

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Rictus m

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Mocking contemptuous

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Narquois adj

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Get ur hands on sb get sb in ur grips

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Mettre le grappin sur

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38
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Get into the habit of doing sth

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Prendre le pli de faire qqc

Prendre le pli get used to, get into the groove

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39
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Garden fork

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Bêche f

Bêcher to dig or have a go at/ dig at, sneer at, scorn, look down on

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Pay attention
Heed
Keep in mind what is said

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Prêter attention á

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Follow
Go, walk along
Run/ ride the lenght of
Skirt, run parallell to

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Longer

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Be of great help to sb

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Etre d’un grand secours á qqn

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Prowler

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Chant v

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Hang up on sb

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Raccrocher au nez de qqn

46
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Cling to the past

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Se raccrocher au passé

Se raccrocher aux branches clutch at straws

47
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To make a detour

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Faire un crochet

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Aim for go after

Target

49
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Be in a foul mood

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Être d’une humeur de chien

50
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Hurtle, fly

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Valser

Envoyer valser chuck sth in send something flying

51
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Front window

Physical appearance

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Devanture f

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Help assistance

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Rescousse f

Aller à la rescousse de qqn

53
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Reject repell

54
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come on to [sb] v expr
(informal) hit on [sb] vtr phrasal insep
(informal) try to pick [sb] up v expr
flirt with [sb] vi + prep

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faire du gringue à qqn

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Split hairs

Quibble

56
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Truncheon club

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Matraque f

57
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Weeping willows

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Saules pleureurs

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Bank river bank embankment

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Mansion coutry house manor

60
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Bask (in the sun)

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Prélasser

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read between the lines v expr

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comprendre à demi-mot

62
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Pull up

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Remonter (les stores fex)
Remonte ton pantalon, on voit la raie de tes fesses.
Pull your trousers up; people can see your crack.

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Cork board

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Panneau en liège m

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Wretched, cursed, damned

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Maudit adj

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A drop in the ocean

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Un crachât dans l’eau

66
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For a song
For next to nothing
For a crust of bread

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Pour une bouchée de pain

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Mob crowd gathering

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Attroupement m

68
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Track (music)
Slot ( time)
Range span

69
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Consider mull over

70
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Rollers, haircurlers

71
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Awning, canopy

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Marquise f

72
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Mastery

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Maestria f

73
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Do yr self in

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Se foutre en l’air

74
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Screw up, fuck up

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Foutre qqc en l’air

Cet accident de moto m’a foutu le genou en l’air.

75
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Notorious infamous

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Infâme adj
infâme adj (répugnant) odious, repugnant, vile, foul adj
Ce malheureux portait d’infâmes vêtements.
The unfortunate man was wearing foul clothes.

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Good for nothing

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De bons à riens

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Idle adj

78
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Nibbles,appetizer, hors d’oeuvres

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Amuse-bouche m

79
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Society, sociable

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Mondain adj
Après l’Opéra il partait dans un dîner mondain.
Socialite as n m
Il va à toutes les réceptions, c’est un mondain.
He goes to all the receptions; he’s a socialite.

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Fete street party charity fair

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Kermesse f

81
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Rustic rural country style adj

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Champêtre adj

82
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In addition, extra

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Surcroît m
de surcroît what is more, moreover adv
en surcroît loc adv soutenu (en plus) extra, additional adj
Nous commandons toujours quelques articles en surcroît.
surcroît d’activité nm additional business, increase in activity n
Un oubli important ? Signalez une erreur ou suggérez une amélioration.

83
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Stomach pump

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Un lavage d’estomac

84
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Let sb down

leave [sb] high and dry v

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Faire faux bond à qqn

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⇒ offload [sth] onto [sb] vtr
(sell, informal) flog [sth] to [sb] vtr
(informal) palm [sth] off on [sb] vtr phrasal sep

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fourguer qch à qqn

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Armed robbery, hold up, robbery

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Brigandage m

87
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Be the devil’s advocat

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Jouer l’avocat du diable

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Trail n

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Trainée f

And streak, smear

89
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Put yr finger on

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Mettre le doigt sur
Mettre le doigt sur la plaie / où ça fait mal touch on a sore spot
Se mettre le doigt dans l’oeil be kidding yr self

90
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Spluttering

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Pétaradent adj

91
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Grumble, growl at

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Bougonner v

92
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Pester, badger, bug

Nag hassle

93
Q

Slip away, vanish

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S’éclipser

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Paper weight

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Presse-papier m

95
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First draft, rough copy

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Brouillon m

Muddled adj

96
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Conspirer, plot v

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Tramer

And weave

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Stupid adj

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Beloved

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Bien-aimé adj m

99
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Calm down, appease, pacify

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Apaiser

Quench

100
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Feel like, want, fancy

Suffer

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Se ressentir

Ressentir feel

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Catch snatch

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Drown v

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Noyer

Se noyer be drowned

103
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Be sure, be certain , have a suspicion/feeling that

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Se douter de, se douter que

Douter de, que have doubts about

104
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Have the hots for, have a crush on sb

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En pincer pour qqn

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