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1
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splinters

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éclats

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noose

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noeud coulant (pendaison)

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mirth

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gaiété

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pursue

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bourse

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savvy

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bon sens

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mull

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réfléchir/cogiter/considérer

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a windfall

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une aubaine (une bonne opportunité inattendue),
expression inspirée d’un fruit qui tombe d’un arbre grâce au vent

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mulling

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ruminant (une idée)

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deftness

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habilité

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Mayhem

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Baston/grabuge

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shabby

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minable (adj)

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afoot

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à pied

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rehearse

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répéter (un spectacle/un rôle)

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slug

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limace

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fiddlestick

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sornette

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fiddle

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violon

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dent

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bosse/entaille

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sturdy

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solide

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fastidious

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délicat

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wager

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pari (n)/miser (v)

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heels

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talons

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wool

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laine

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scorn

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mépris/mépriser, dédain

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kettle

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bouilloire

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regal

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royal (adj)

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snatch

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arracher/voler/vol(n)

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draw a bead on (someone or something)

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  1. To aim at someone or something with the sights on a firearm.
  2. By extension, to focus one’s attention on someone or something so as to deal with or attack him, her, or it.
  3. To thoroughly understand, appreciate, or comprehend someone or something.
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bead

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perle/goutte

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redeem

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se racheter/se sauver (d’un danger)/rembourser

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circumspect

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circonspect, faisant preuve de circonspection, de prudence dans les actes et les paroles

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a cogwheel

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un engin

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a cane

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une canne

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wicked

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méchant/mauvais

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perhaps

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peut-être

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uncanny

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étrange/inquiétant

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canny

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prudent

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reluctantly

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à contrecoeur

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befall

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arriver à (qqch de mal arrive à qql)

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a thigh

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une cuisse

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wrinkled

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ridé

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a turn of the screw

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Une difficulté supplémentaire
Something that worsens an already difficult or negative situation.
“My financial situation is already dire, so that traffic ticket is a real turn of the screw.”

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hiss

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siffler/sifflement

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inward

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vers l’intérieur

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onward

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en avant

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outward

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vers l’extérieur

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amiss

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mal adapté, de travers

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pawnbroker

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prêteur

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ominously

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sinistrement

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gleam

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lueur, reflet, étinceller

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dean

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doyen

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sip

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petite gorgée

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bloody

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really “something”

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sloth

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paresse

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eager to

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désireux de

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slouch

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s’avachir (v), maladroit (n)

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solar

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solaire

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stillness

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immobilité

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serendipity

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chance, heureux hasard

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choke

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s’étouffer, s’étrangler

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fathom

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comprendre, percer à jour

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tipsy

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pompette, éméché

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feisty

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fougueux

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maverick

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dissident, non-conformiste

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wiry

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description physique: nerveux, sec

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kneel (knelt knelt)

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s’agenouiller

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leisurely

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tranquillement, nonchalamment

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neat

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soigné, ordonné, propre, net
aussi expression familière pour cool, intéressant, super

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peculiar

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étrange, particulier, unique

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tally

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le compte (comme faire le compte)

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linger

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s’attarder, traîner

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booby

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nigaud

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booby trap

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objet piégé ou piéger qql

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wary

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méfiant

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savvy

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jugeote

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dove

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colombe

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chore

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corvée

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inane

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inepte, stupide

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stuffy

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mal aéré ou vieux jeu

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quarry

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carrière (de rocher), proie/gibier, extraire

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albeit

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bien que, encore que

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after a fashion

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en quelque sorte, tant bien que mal

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rescind

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annuler

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lavish

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fastueux (adj), couvrir d’éloges/d’attentions (v)

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crow

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corbeau (n), pavoiser/chanter victoire

85
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gallows

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potence

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simpering

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minaudant (v), minauderies (n)

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daunting

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intimidant

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surmise (that)

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conjecturer, présumer (que), une conjecture

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seam

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couture, soudure

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ponder

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réfléchir, considérer

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stale

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vicié, rassis, éculé

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hefty

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lourd, costaud, puissant

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sheep

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mouton

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sheepish/sheepisly

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penaud/”penautement”

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conundrum

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énigme

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thrifty

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Econome

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wool

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laine

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gulp

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gorgée

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eerie

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strange in a frightening and mysterious way

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recede

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to move further away into the distance, or to become less clear or less bright

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flippant

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désinvolte

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sew (sewn, sewn)

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coudre

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sew up

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to close or repair something by sewing the edges together, to complete an arrangement or event successfully or control it completly

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hulk

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A wrecked or abandoned shell of a usually large object, such as a building or vehicle. Referred in general to an old, unseaworthy, or wrecked ship.

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knacker

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boucher, équarrisseur

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gore

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sang, carnage

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hoard

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réserve/magot, accumuler/faire des réserves

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warden

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directeur, gardien

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oar

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une rame

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breeches

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culotes

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creak

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grincer/craquer, craquement

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hardship

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épreuves, privations

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charcoal

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charbon de bois

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wage

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salaire

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turf

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gazon, domaine

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paucity

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pénurie, carence

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crook

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escroc

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revel in sth

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se délecter de qqch

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chastise

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chatier, réprimander

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pout

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faire la moue/bouder, la moue

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waist

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taille( partie du corps ou taille d’un vêtement)

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inquiry

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enquête, demande de renseignements

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conniving

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intriguant

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capsizing

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reversant, renversement, chavirer

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urchin

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garnement

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enervation

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affaiblissement

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culvert

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caniveau

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heave

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soulever qqch, effort

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antagonize

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contrarier

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rummage

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fouiller, farfouiller

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dissemble, dissembling

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dissimuler, dissimulant

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alike

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semblable, similaire

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strife

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conflit, lutte

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earnest

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sérieux, sincère

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grudge

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rancune

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revel

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se délecter, savourer

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alas

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hélas

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dullard

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lourdaud, stupide

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oftentimes

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souvent, fréquemment

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grasp

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saisir, comprendre, compréhension

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wares

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produit, marchandises

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paramount

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primordial, indispensable

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marrow

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moelle

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wineskin

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outre de vin

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pyre

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bucher funéraire

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liability

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responsabilité, engagement mais aussi handicap, frein

147
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weep

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pleurer

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sham

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imposture, faux-semblant, feindre/faire semblant

James said he was too ill to go to work, but it was just a sham

149
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feebly

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faiblement

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awry

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de travers

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apt

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pertinent/approprié, enclin/disposé à

152
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thrust

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pousser, poussée, coup

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heed

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écouter, tenir compte, l’attention

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Lofty

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Haut, élevé, noble

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