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la médisance

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slander

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les moeurs

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customs

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la demeure

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home

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prodigue

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generous

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larmes

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tears

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les buttes

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mounds

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les hauteurs

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heights

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plâtras

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plaster

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incessamment

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shortly

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ruisseaux

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stream

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la boue

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mud

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souffrance

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pain, suffering

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s’apitoyer

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to pity

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la peine

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punishment

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broyer

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crush

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enrayer

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jam, block

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la roue

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wheel

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briser

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to break

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enfoncer

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to sink

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moelleux

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soft, spongy, sweet

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le fauteuil

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armchair

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assombrir

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darken

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teindre

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dye

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insouciance

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lack of concern

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attrister

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sadden

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prenant

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time-consuming

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la muraille

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wall

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égaré

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lost

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creuser

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dig, hollow out

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crâne

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skull

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crâner

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show off

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jardinet

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small garden

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caillou

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pebble

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cuvette

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basin, bowl

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sabler

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grit, sandblast

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faïence

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earthenware

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criard

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shrill/gaudy

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abaisser

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lower

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la pente

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slope

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le bruit

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noise

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un char

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chariot, tank, sail wagon, charade

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border

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tuck in, to border, to mark out

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le grenadier

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pomegranate

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le bout

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end, tip, point/piece

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le vernis

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varnish

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écailler

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to scale, to open, to chip off

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le socle

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base, platform, stand

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guérir

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to cure

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rappeler

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call back

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encaisser

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to encase

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mitoyen

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common, attached

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pendre

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to dangle, hang

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un manteau

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overcoat, mantle, blanket

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le lierre

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ivy

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pittoresque

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picturesque

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tapisser

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to wallpaper

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la pondreuse

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powder snow/ crop duster

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étroit

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narrow

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mener

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to lead

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le tilleul

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lime tree, lime tea

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le hôte

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host

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malgré

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despite, in spite of

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carré

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m. square, patch, scarf, straightforward (adj)

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la laitue

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lettuce

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le persil

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parsley, slang for pubes

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caniculaire

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scorching, sweltering

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la chaleur

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heat

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le convive

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guest

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(faire) éclore

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break, come out

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la mansarde

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attic room

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bâtir

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build, construct, tack

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moellon

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rubble

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badigeonner

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smear

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ignoble

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awful, disgusting

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la percée

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opening

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carreaux (m.)

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tiles

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garnir

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stuff, fill, fit, decorate

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jurer

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swear, cuss

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la profondeur

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depth

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comporter

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to comprise

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la cour

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courtyard, entourage of the king

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sorte (f.)

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sort, kind

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le barreau

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bar

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le cochon

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pig, sex maniac, dirty old man

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la poule

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hen, dear, significant other

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le lapin

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rabbit

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le hangar

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shed, warehouse

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serrer

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press, tighten up, clench

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le garde-manger

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pantry

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gras

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greasy, fatty

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la chasse

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hunting ground, catch, pull

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jadis (adv)

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formerly

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plaquer

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press something against something, flatten, break up with, ditch

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le crin

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horsehair

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une pendule

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clock

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bleuâtre

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bluish

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renfermé

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musty

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moisi

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moldy

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rance

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rancid

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le goût

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taste

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puer

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stink of

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la carafe

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glass bottle, slang for head/noggin

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échancré

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low-cut

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ternir

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to fade

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la pile

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battery, pile, tail of a coin, on the dot (adv)

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épaissir

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to thicken

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la crasse

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dirt, dirty trick

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gluant

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viscous, slimy

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proscrire

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ban, forbid, proscribe

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la gravure

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engraving

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exécrable

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appalling, detestable, execrable

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ôter

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take off, remove

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verni

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patent leather

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dorer

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gild, bronze, tan, glaze

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le cuivre

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copper

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poêle

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frying pain, wood-burning stove

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poussière

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(une) dust, dirt, about (adj), or so (adv)

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la toile

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web, painting

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cirer

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to polish

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facétieux

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mischievous

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estropier

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to cripple, maim

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le paillasson

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doormat literally and figuratively

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dérouler

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to roll out, uncoil, (se) take place

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la chaufferette

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heater

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chauffer

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to heat up, boil

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le trous

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hole, gap, pothole, tear, slang for jail like English and grave

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râper

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rasp, grate, scratch

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mobilier

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nm furniture, adj movable

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charnière

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nf hinge, adj transitional

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crevasser

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to crack

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ronger

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gnaw, eat away at, bite

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manchot

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nm penguin, adj clumsy/armless

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borgne

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blind in one eye

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presser

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press, se presser = hurry to do something

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pardonner

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pardon

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frotter

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to rub

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le(s) haillon(s)

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tatters

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fange

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mire, muck

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la pourriture

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rot

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la maîtresse

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mistress

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sauter

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to jump, miss, skip

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le buffet

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sideboard, dresser, buffet lunch, café, slang for belly

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flairer

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to smell

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contenir

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to contain

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la jatte

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basin, bowl

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matinal

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adj early riser

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la veuve

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widow

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traînasser

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to slouch

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la pantoufle

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slipper

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grimacer

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make faces, grimace

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vieillot

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old-fashioned

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grassouillet

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plump, podgy

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le perroquet

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parrot

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potelé

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chubby, plump

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dodu

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plump

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un rat

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rat, cheapskate, slang for tight

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le corsage

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blouse

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flotter

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to float

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suinter

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seep, ooze

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blottir

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huddle, nestle, cuddle up to

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fétide

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fetid, rank, stinky

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écoeurer

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to disgust, to nauseate

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la fraîche

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early morning, daybreak

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prescrire

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to prescribe

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se renfrogner

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to scowl

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le bagne

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penal servitude

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embonpoint (m.)

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fatty

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blafard

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(adj) pasty, white-faced

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la laine

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wool

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tricoter

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to knit

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ouate (f.)

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wadding, cotton wool

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échapper (à)

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escape

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la fente

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crack, split

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étoffer

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flesh out, develop, expand, pad, put on weight

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lézarder

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bask in the sun, lounge about, crack

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pressentir

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sense, foresee

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vitreux

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glassy, glazed

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entremetteur

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mediator, matchmaker

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prêter

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to offer

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mesurer

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measure

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le soin

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care, job, aid, neatness

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le poids

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weight

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le linge

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washing, laundry, cloth

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les gants (mpl)

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gloves

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habits (mpl)

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clothes

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avide

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hungry, greedy

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lueur

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to glow

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muet

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mute

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crasseux

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dirty

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effaroucher

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to alarm, frighten

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maigre

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thin, skinny

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dépouiller

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to skin, strip

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cupidité

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greedy

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la cigale

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cicada (insects that produce a loud sound)

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calomnier

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to slander

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frappant

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gripping, striking

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frapper

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to strike

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arbuste (m)

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bush, shrub

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courber

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bend, curve

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la lâcheté

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cowardice

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éloigner

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keep away

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lointain

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far

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peu sûr de soi, peu assuré

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insecure

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mépriser

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despise

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distrait, étourdi

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having poor memory

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furieux

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angry

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avouer

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confess

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fausse piste

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red herring

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la foule

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crowd

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fouler

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strain, beat

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primitif

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primal

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