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Legend tome 1b Flashcards

1
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la tenue

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  1. holding, running (of a meeting etc.)
  2. organizing, keeping
  3. conduct, manners
  4. bearing, posture
  5. clothes, dress, outfit
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tenue de livres

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bookkeeping

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tenue d’hiver

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winter clothing

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tenue militaire

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military dress, uniform

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tenue de soirée

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formal dress

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se raviser

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to change one’s mind

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la couette

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comforter, duvet

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couettes

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pigtails

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en batailler

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in disarray, disheveled

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la reprise

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  1. recapture
  2. resumption
  3. repeat, revival (in tv and movies)
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à maintes reprises

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on numerous occasions, repeatedly

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mielleux

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doucereux : sugary, saccharine

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la mie

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inside, soft part (of a loaf of bread)

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bimensuelle

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semi monthly, twice a month

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brasser

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  1. to mix, to toss, to shuffle

2. to brew (beer)

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avouer

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to admit, to confess, to own up

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Quelle poisse!

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What bad luck!

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la paupière

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eye lid

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19
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rixe

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bagarre : brawl, fight

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givre

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frost

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Il est complètement givré

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(fam) : fou, ivre

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ébullition

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boil, boiling

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en état d’ébullition

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in a fever of excitement, in turmoil

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criard(e)

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  1. shrill

2. loud, garish

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un char

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  1. cart, wagon

2. chariot

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char d’assaut

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tank

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terne

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  1. fade: colorless, drab

2. ennuyeux : dull, dreary

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délavé (e)

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faded

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une fiole

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vial

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30
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un étui

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case

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31
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étui à lunettes

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glasses case

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32
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étui de révolver

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holster

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33
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la crosse

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  1. butt, grip (of a gun)

2. stick, lacrosse stick

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34
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crosse de hockey

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hockey stick

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35
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s’éloigner

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to move away, to go away

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éloigner

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  1. écarter : to push aside, to move away

2. détourner : to divert, to turn away

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dépouiller

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  1. to strip (off)
  2. to dispossess, to despoil
  3. to peruse, to scrutinize
  4. to skin
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38
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dépouiller le scrutin

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to tally the votes

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39
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nanti (e)

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affluent, well-to-do

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40
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en nage

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dripping with sweat

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41
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un essaim

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swarm

42
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arracher

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  1. to uproot, to tear out

2. to extract, to pull out

43
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s’arracher

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to pull out, to pluck

44
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s’arracher les cheveux

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to tear one’s hair out

45
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s’arracher de

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to tear oneself away from

46
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le remblai

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le talus : embankment, slope

47
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la berge

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rive: bank (of a river etc.)

48
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la cannelle

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cinnamon

49
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la varicelle

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chicken pox

50
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crasseux (euse)

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filthy, grimy

51
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crasse

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filth, grime

52
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faire une crasse

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to play a dirty trick

53
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agacer

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énerver: to annoy, to irritate

54
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un prêteur

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lender, money lender

55
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prêteur sur gages

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pawnbroker

56
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éventrer

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  1. to disembowel
  2. to gore
  3. to tear open
57
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le talus

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le remblai: embankment, slope

58
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une souche

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  1. stump (of a tree)
  2. stock, descent
  3. stub (of a check)
  4. strain of a desease
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arguer

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  1. to deduce, to infer
  2. ~de : to use as a pretext
  3. ~que : to argue that, to protest that
60
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le nimbe

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zone lumineuse qui entoure la tête des représentations de Dieu, des anges, des saints
Syn: auréole

61
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la fronce

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gather (of fabric)

62
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courbe

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curve, bend

63
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éventrer

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dans sa colère, il a éventré un oreiller : il l’a crevé, déchiré

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mendiante

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beggar, mendicant

65
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ordurier

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obscène :obscene, filthy

66
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une ordure

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  1. filth

2. trash, garbage

67
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dépatouiller

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(fam): se tirer d’une situation difficile, d’un mauvais pas. Laissez -le se dépatouiller tout seul

68
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branlant (e)

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shaky, wobbly, unsteady

69
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froncer

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  1. to gather (frantic)

2. to wrinkle, to pucker

70
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froncer les sourcils

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to frown

71
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écarter

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  1. to spread, to open
72
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éloigner

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to move aside, to push away

73
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gribouillir

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to scribble, to doodle

74
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ébouriffer

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  1. to tousle, to ruffle

2. (fam): to amaze, to stun

75
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pécule

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économies : savings

76
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la dèche

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(fam): manque d’argent, misère, pauvreté

77
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Être dans la dèche

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sans le sou

78
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racler

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to scrape (off), to scrape against

79
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s’appuyer

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  1. to rest, to lean

2. to support, to back up

80
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s’appuyer sur

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to push, to press

81
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étal

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  1. éventaire: stall in a market

2. butcher’s block

82
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dépourvue de

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lacking in, devoid of, without

83
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dépourvue au

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by surprise

84
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la vitre

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  1. pane, window pane

2. window (of a car, train etc.)

85
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vitre arrière

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rear window

86
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racler

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to scrape (off), to scrape against

87
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huppé (e)

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  1. tufted, crested

2. (fam) posh, high-class

88
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la merise

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wild cherry

89
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en merisier

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cette commode est en merisier, le bois clair d’un cerisier sauvage.

90
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échafauder

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  1. to erect scaffolding
  2. to stack, to pile up
  3. to build up (plans, theories etc.)
91
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boutade

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plaisanterie : joke, witticism

92
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rasade

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le contenu d’un verre plein à ras bord

93
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moiré

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syn: chatoyant : à reflets changeants : watery appearance

94
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étonner

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to surprise, to astonish

95
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haché(e)

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  1. ground, chopped, minced

2. jerky, disjointed

96
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bifteck haché

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ground beef

97
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méfier

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to be careful, to beware

98
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veiller

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ne dormir pas, rester éveillé

99
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renfrogner

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to scowl

100
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un recueil

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collection, compilation

101
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calvitie

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baldness

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