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1
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Le Blocus

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blockade

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Secourir (adj. secouru)

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to save, rescue

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débarquer

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to unload, disembark

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Le saccage

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vandalizing, trashing

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l’avant-veille (fem.)

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two days prior, the day before yesterday

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avoir failli faire (exp: les choses ont failli mal tourner)

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almost did, nearly did, all but did

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7
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un torchis

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cob

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8
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Caler

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to wedge in place; to stall (car)

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9
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Sommaire

A

basic (simple, elementary); summary

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un bilan

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assessment, appraisal; checkup (medical)

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11
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Manquer + infinitif

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to almost do something

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12
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le bilan carbone

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carbon footprint

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13
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un déplacement

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trip, movement; transfer

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14
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Donner tort à

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to rule against

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15
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Un Tort

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wrongdoing, harm

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16
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chichement

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frugally, sparingly

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17
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Héberger

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to accommodate, host

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18
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d’occasion

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second-hand, used

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19
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le réconfort

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comfort

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20
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le remède

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medicine, cure

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21
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la corvée

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chore, drudgery, duty

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la flotte

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fleet; (familier) rain, water

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un complice

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accomplice, partner

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24
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un clin d’oeil complice

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a knowing wink, conspiratorial wink

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25
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un tricheur

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cheat

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un condé

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(argot) cop

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27
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inébranlable

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unshakeable, resolute

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pudique

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modest, prudish; discreet

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un divertissement

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show, entertainment

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30
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Barboter

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to splash around; (familier) swipe, pinch

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traquer

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to track, hunt down

32
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Décaler

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to move, shift; reschedule

33
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exprès

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on purpose, intentionally

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un flatteur

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flatterer

35
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un/une Lâche

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coward

36
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un plaqué

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veneer

37
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Prévu

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anticipated, planned

38
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une auberge

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hostel

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la traversée

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crossing, driving through

40
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le cadrage

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framing, composition

41
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Trimbaler

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to lug around

42
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Maléfique

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evil; baleful (look)

43
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Chanceux

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lucky

44
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las, lasse

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weary

45
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Fugace

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fleeting, momentary

46
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grouillant (de)

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teeming (with), swimming (with)

47
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un ver

A

worm; computer virus

48
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Passionner

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to interest, excite

49
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éveiller

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to wake,

50
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un mets

A

dish

51
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soûler

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to get drunk; (familier) to have had enough of

52
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importuner

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to disturb, bother

53
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un(e) citadin, citadine

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city-dweller, city slicker

54
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Proscrire

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to forbid; (littéraire) banish

55
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accabler (de)

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to overwhelm, heap on

56
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Gueuler

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(familier) to cry, shout

57
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âpre

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rough, lumpy; harsh

58
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emmerder

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to piss off; bore

59
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Or

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but, yet; well, now

60
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Inculte

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uncultivated, uneducated

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irrespirable

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unbreathable, stifling

62
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la lourdeur

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weight, heaviness; awkwardness; dullness

63
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titiller

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to titillate, pique, excite

64
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Enlacer

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to embrace, take in your arms

65
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La Croûte

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crust; scab

66
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irréfléchi

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thoughtless; irrational

67
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un festin

A

feast

68
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Péter les plombs

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(familier) to lose it, blow a fuse

69
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funeste

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gruesome, macabre

70
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minable

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wretched, pathetic, hopeless

71
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Alors Que

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when, while; even though; whereas

72
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un pot de départ

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farewell party/drinks

73
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ne plus être d’actualité

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yesterday’s news, no longer topical

74
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d’actualité

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topical, relevant

75
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enjoué

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cheerful, happy

76
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déluré

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cheeky, smart ass

77
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atemporel

A

timeless

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