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1
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Locks hair tresses pop

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Tifs nplm

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Have regrets

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Avoir des remords

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Just in case on the off chance

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À tout hasard

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For good measure

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Pour bonne mesure

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Wham!

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Vlan

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Compréhension grasp understanding

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Entendement m

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Gypsy

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Manouche

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Slave away

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Trimer

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Omen

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Augure m

And fortune teller

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Freelance journalist

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Pigiste

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On tip toe

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Sûr la pointe des pieds

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) look on [sb/sth] with a favorable eye v expr

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Voir qqn/qqc d’un bon œil

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Slander badmouthing n

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Médisance f

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Accept take upon yr self

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Assumer

And assume

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Detrimental adj

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Délétère

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Stunned dazed stupefied

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sonné
Ils ont été sonnés par la triste nouvelle.
They were stunned by the sad news.Sonné

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Constituency

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Circonscription f

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Brood n

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Nichée f

Aujourd’hui, Maman promène toute sa nichée.

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Fright fear n

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Frayeur m

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End outcome way out exit

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Issue f

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Wheeze n

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Râle m

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Funeral funeral service

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Obsèques nfpl

obsèques nationales state funeral

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Difficulty embarrassment discomfort

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Gêne f

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Abduction kidnapping

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Arrachement m

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Haunt v

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Hanter

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Box space compartment

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Case f

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Detrimental harmful adj

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Délétère

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Expiry

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Péremption f

Date de péremption nf expiry date n
use-by date n

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29
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Short sleeve shirt

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Chemisette f

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30
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Ostracize ban

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Bannir

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31
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Tie down bind

Silence

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ligoter

Charles X tenta vainement de ligoter la presse

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Volume (book)

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Tome m

Les trilogies comportent 3 tomes.

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33
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Clear lucide pure innocent untroubled

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Limpide

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Earthenware n

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Faïence f

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35
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Lead astray be a bad influence

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Délurer

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36
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Swelling bulge arche

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Voussure f

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37
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Engine motor

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Motrice m

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38
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Implausible unlikely unbelievable incredible

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Invraisemblable

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39
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Flabbergasted dumbfounded

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Éberlué

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40
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Not at all not in the least not in any way

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Aucunement

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41
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Tournament

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Tournoi m

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42
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Welding torch blow torch

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Chalumeau m

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Gravity heaviness weight n

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Pesanteur f

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44
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Scarier do a bunk disappear

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prendre la poudre d’escampette loc v

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45
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Vanish into thin air

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jouer les filles de l’air

46
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Leg of lamb

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Gigot m

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Moor heath

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Lande f

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Thick dense abundant

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Dru adj

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Goatee

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Bouc m

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Thames

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Tamise f

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Rowing n

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Aviron m

Faire de l’aviron

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Off putting forbidding hostile prickly stern

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Rébarbatif
tedious, wearisome, ponderous adj
laborious, onerous ad

53
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Not know

Be unaware of

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Ignorer
On ignore ce qui s’est réellement passé.
We don’t know what really happened.

54
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Manila butcher paper

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Papier kraft m

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Epistle

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Missive f

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Uncleanable

Hopeless

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Indécrottable adj

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Mare

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Jument f

58
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Sow

Bitch in heat prej

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Truie f

59
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Blunder slip up

Story yarn

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Bourde f

60
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Secretive person n and adj

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Cachottier

Petit cachottier,
va ! (colloquial) You sly little fox!, You secretive little thing!

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Évident apparent obvious adj

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Patent

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Gorse ) bush)

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Ajonc m

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Moor heath

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Bruyère f

64
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Peat bog

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Tourbière f

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Show-off poser

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Frimeur /euse

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Party streamers confetti

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Cotillon m

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Badger niggle at

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Tarabuster

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Bloody damn

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Bougrement

69
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Be as soon hick as thieves

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Être cul et chemise avec qqn

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Thatch
Straw stalk stubble
Stubblefield

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Chaume m

Tout de chaume m

71
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Concecrated blessed holy

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Bénit adj

Bénir to bless

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Weed v

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Désherber

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Puny

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Malingre

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‘Greenie ‘

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Écolo

75
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Trimmings

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Fanfreluches nfpl

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Sweet little face

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Frimousse f

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Grape harvest

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Vendanges fpl

Vendanger v

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Hoe n

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Binette f

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Motor bike sl

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Bécane f

80
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Push someone into a corner

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Pousser qqn dans ses retrenchment

81
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Spiritedly

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Avec fougue

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Fiery

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Plein de fougue

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He said harshly

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Dit-il avec rudesse

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To update

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Mettre á jour

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Take cuttings

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Faire des boutures

Bouturer v

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Hand down

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Léguer

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Slope ( hill)

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Coteau-x m

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Crafty

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Futé

il n’est pas très futé he’s not very bright

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Stainless steel

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Inox m

90
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Press ( wine fex) v

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Fouler ( les raisins )

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Scattered sparse

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Clairsemé

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Gossip

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Des potins

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To pinch

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Barboter (à)

To splash about ( ducks)

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Stall n

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Ètal m

95
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To stop

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Faire halte (à)
halte aux essais nucléaires ! no more nuclear testing!
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Demonstration sl

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Manif f

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Be a doormat

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Faire la carpette

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What a pain in the ass

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Ca fait chier!
Faire chier piss off
Faire chier le monde piss everybody off

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Bawl blubber v

Nag

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Chialer

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Have guts

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Avoir du cran

Cran m notch hole nick rung and wave w hair

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Bloke guy, chap, geezer

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Zig, zigue

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Chef cook

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Cuistot

Chef cuistot head chef

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Be a hit

Bring the house down

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Faire un tabac

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Be running late

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Être à la bourre
Se bourrer stuff gorge yr self
Bourrer stuff fill

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A rocking horse

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Un cheval à bascule

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Kid (goat)

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Chevreau m

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Brass

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Laiton m

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Outraged incensed
Beside yr self
Over the top

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Outré adj
Outrer v
En outre besides additionally

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Not be made of glass

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Ne pas être en sucre

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Clumsy awkward gawky

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Empoté

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Shady character little rascal

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Lascar m