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1
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broadly speaking, in the big picture

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en gros

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spread, extend, expand on

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s’étendre

his dreads spread out as he expands on philosphy

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high pressure washer

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karcher

kreacher uses a high pressure washer to wash house

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landmark, point of reference

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la repère

I replied that the giant pear is the point of reference/landmark around here

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even

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pair

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afflict someone with something

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affliger qqn de qqch

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curfew

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le couvre-feux

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tracksuit

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survêtement

you put on a tracksuit on your clothes

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clothing (adj)

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vestimentaire

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passion, enthusiasm, infatuation

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le engouement

have someone in your tastes

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small miff, humiliation

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la microvexation

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conduct, manner, method

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le procédé

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sucker, taken in

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le dupe

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fade

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s’effacer

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serve your sentenec

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purger sa peine

serve your pain in purgatory

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big shot, boss, whiz kid

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le caïd

said is a crap big shot

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17
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imprisonment

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l’enfermement

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undertake, begin doing

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entreprendre

the entrepeneur undertakes a purge of his company

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19
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lucky charm

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porte-bonheur

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20
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maggot, worm

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le ver

maggot in your glass

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21
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borrow smth

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emprunter qqch a qqn

em borrow a prune a moi

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22
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loan smth

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prêter qqch a qqn

loan a priest a moi

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23
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notice, identify, label

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repérer

i notice that you were repairing the label - why?

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24
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who has lost their bearings

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prive de repère

deprived of the landmark of the giant pear

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25
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g hand in hand with

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aller de pair avec

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without equal, unparalleled

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hors pair

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27
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distress, upset

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affliger

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28
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the damage is done

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le ver est dans le fruit

the worm is in the fruit

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29
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bare-naked

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nu comme ver

worm doing a naked striptease

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30
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shoe (a horse), hook, snare

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ferrer

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31
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blacksmith

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forgeron

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32
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as the crow flies (straight)

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a vol d’oiseau

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33
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bereavement

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le deuil

he saw a death and ojknyv

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34
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mourn or someone

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faire le deuil de

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35
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younger (old-fashioned)

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puîné

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36
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butcher, cork

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le boucher

ebonie boucher is a butcher, put a cork in her

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37
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daring, reckless, foolhardy

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téméraire

foolhardy mothers are rare

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38
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impassable, insurmountable

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infranchissable

this french learning is insurmountable

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39
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most of all, above all

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par-dessus tout

dr seuss values pairs of words above all

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40
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living

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en vie

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41
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devour, gobble up

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engouffrer

this goof gobbled himself up

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42
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dive into, rush into

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s’engouffrer

goof rushed into his freres arms

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43
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put on fire

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mettre en feu

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44
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care for

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tenir a qqn

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45
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set ablaze

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embraser

i could kiss you fro setting that house ablaze

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46
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dwarf

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nain

nein, i am no dwarf, said hitler

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47
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twist, wriggle, get in a muddle

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tortiller

mouse wriggling arround in my tortilla,in a muddle

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48
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a big fucking

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un putain de gros

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49
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pour, shed

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verser

shedding tears over this poet’s verses about pouring wine

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50
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bribe

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verser des pots des vins

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51
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bribe

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verser un sous-de-table a qqn

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52
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reach, get as far as

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parvenir

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53
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what does it look like

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a quoi ca rassemble

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54
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put-downs

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vanne

put someone down over a having a ot fancy vanna

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55
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comeback

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la repartie

yeah, well you repair cars for a living, i got to parties

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56
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manage, figure out

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demerder

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57
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draw (water), collect, obtain

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puiser

je puis draw water to collect gold

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58
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scheming, skulduggery

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la magouille

marge scheming to put a grenouille in homer’s bed

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59
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shovel, snog, a fall (inf)

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la pelle

pele shoveling dirt, snogged by a fan and alls down

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adopt a populist stance

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faire la demagogie

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61
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disperse, clear, distract

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dissiper

distract the guard by sipping a cocktail suggestively, while we disperse the others

62
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defy smth

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se jouer de qqch

I defy the rules of this game, bit others

63
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overloaded, overwhelmed

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surcharge

this computer is running out of charge because its overhwhelmed

64
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worthless, crummy, lousy

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a deux balles

65
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eat away at, wear down, undermine

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miner

this minig job is eating away at the rock and wearing it down, undermining nature

66
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french education department

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le BEF

67
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gun

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flingue

fling guns at you instead of shooting them

68
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mad, crazy

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cingle

he’s single because he’s crazy

69
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draw on one’s resources

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puiser dans ses ressources

i can draw on my resources

70
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work yourself to death, put great effort into

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s’echiner

work like a dog to do chin plastic surgery

71
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erase, reduce

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gammer

erase all the colour gammes of the world

72
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flagship, pioneer authority

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phare

the pharo’s lighthous is a pioneer construction

73
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last year of nurser school (5-6 years)

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la grande section

a large section of children are in their last year of nursery school

74
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base, pedestal

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la socle

there’s a key inside the sock on the pedestal in the temple

75
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seized, caught

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saisi

76
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revolt

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la fronde

have a revolt at the front because the waves are too large to sail over

77
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be in somebody’s cross-hairs

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etre dans le collimateur de qqn

be in the same regard as the mature glue in somebody’s cupboard - to be taken out

78
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dwell, reside, remain, stay

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demeurer

when we’re dead, we reside in cofinns and stay there

79
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develop, finalize

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mettre au point

developing a points system for my students, to put them on their pointe shoes faster

80
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sit (hold a post)

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sieger

he sat at thje post of commander during the siege, and as they sieged they proclaimed it was won

81
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to exasperate

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horripiler

this horrible pile of un-ironed clothes exasperates me

82
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nonsense, folly

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la baliverne

going to bali to read jules verne is nonsense

83
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partner in crime

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compere

he’s my partner in cimr,e like a father

84
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strive to do smth, make a point of

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se faire fort de faire qqch

i strived to makea fort, to make a point of being a pirate

85
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assumption, premise

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le postulat

you just assume the post only takes those who failed the umat

86
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thrash, beat, denounce

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fustiger

first, i beat this tiger, then i denounced him as being like faust

87
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stride

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la foulee

stride out of the crowd, i’m no fool

88
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support, back up

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étayer

i’ll support whoever slays eta etat where they say yerr

89
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all the more so

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a fortiori

90
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to scheme

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magouiller

marge scheming to put a frog in homer’s bed

91
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dime a dozen, by the dozen

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a la pelle

those peles are a dime a dozen

92
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clear up a misunderstanding

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dissiper un malentendu

93
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be decided

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se jouer

this game will be decided by one player - penalty shooter

94
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it’s up to you

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a vous de jouer

95
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shop around

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faire jouer la concurrence

make the concurencija play for you; shopping around for a wedding band

96
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pull strings

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faire jouer ses relations

make your relatives play their networks to get you a job

97
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turn misfortune into advantage

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jouer a qui perd gagne

98
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try to outwit

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jouer au plus fin

try to outwit partner by playing with thinner cards and throwing two down at a time

99
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be a party pooper

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jouer les trouble-fête

100
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widen the gap

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creuser le fosse

drinking cruisers widens the gap between those who tell the truth and those who are fausse

101
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not look good, much

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ne pas payer de mine

i wouldnt pay for this mine, it doesn’t look much

102
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gun down (fam)

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flinguer

103
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whip, sting (with words)

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cingler

you’re single because your words sting people

104
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set thinking, arouse suspiciouns

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mettre la puce a l’oreille

having a flea in your ear should have aroused suspiciouns about the state of your ahir

105
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see the glus half full

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voir la verre a moitie plein plutôt qu’a moitie vide

106
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hitch, snag, hiccup

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un hic

107
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grinding

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la trituration

grinding your teeth at the treat your were rationed

108
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slant, tilt, lean, beat around the bush

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biaiser

beat around the bush because you’re biased to the conclusion

109
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infant care home

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la pouponniere

lots of dolls for the kids to play with in ther

110
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be widely talked about

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defraire la chronique

so many stories about you that they fray the pages of theDaily Chronic

111
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outline

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brosser a grand traits

briefly outline the big traitors of this operation - the ones who brush their teeeth

112
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IQ

A

QI

113
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be quick off the mark

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demarrer/partir au quart de tour

the ballet dancer was a quarter of the way through the turn when she flew off

114
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get things straight

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mettre les choses au point

we have to get things straight about how sharp this knife point should be so it can stab things

115
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insight

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le eclaircissement

the lighting gave me some insight into what a sissy he was

116
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contradict

A

nier qqch

117
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take the word

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prendre la parole

118
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give out, put forward (opinion)

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émettre

I put forward the opinion that the emissions we are giving out are uncacceptable

119
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carry a judgement on smth

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porter un jugement sur

120
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express yourself, show

A

exterioser

121
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to such an extent

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a ce point

122
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although (+subj), whatever

A

quoique

123
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tease

A

agacer

Agnes teases me about being a gay sermon preacher

124
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stammering, early stages, infancy

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le balbultiement

in the infancy of the light bulb, the moment it lit up all they could do was stammer

125
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have the experience of

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faire l’experience de

126
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stray, divert, wander

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dévier

127
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enclosed

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clos

128
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define (an idea)

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délimiter

(put some limits on your thesis idea, it’s undefined0

129
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in bold print

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en caractere gros

gross characters type in bold print

130
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pronto

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illico

write the illiad, with a company i can do it pronto

131
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namely that

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a savoir que

132
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while you’re at it

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dans la foulee

while you’re in the foule, can you pickpocket some people

133
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smell a rat, something is afoot

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sentir qu’il y a anguille sous roche

I feel the eel under the rock!

134
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behind closed doors

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a huis clos

behind eight closed doors, they scheme

135
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in a vacuum, cocooned

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en vase clos

we do not exist in a vase, cocconed from the world

136
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Harm, adversary affect

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Porter atteint à

the porter’s use of a bag tainted with cyanide harmed his reputation

137
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to provide someone with

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nantir qqn de

Nancy wake provided the soldiers with bullets with which to tire

138
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Whirlwind, turbulence, whirl

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le tourbillon

Whirlwind picked up the tour d’effel with all the billionaires inside

139
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Hunt down, pursue; battle (lit)

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pourchasser

Poor chaser are bring hunted down by the conservatives

140
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Shopping bag, basket

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le cabas

put a cab and a bass guitar in you basket and go off to the market

141
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Puppet, inconsequential (adj)

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Fantoche

The fan’a lighting of a puppet on fire with a torch was inconsequential to the concert

142
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denunciation, informing

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la délation

there was a delay for being denounced for not engaging in ablation of hair

143
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postbox

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la boîte aux lettres

144
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Crate, chamber

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la caisson

Hey son let’s sleep in this crate with the guitar cases

145
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Rubber

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le caoutchouc

the chook gets a good workout trying to peck rubber apart

146
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Ease, dull, alleviate

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atténuer

attend to you to ease your pain

147
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deprivation, barrenness, destitution

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le dénuement

I was deprived of my clothes and destitute in my nue moment

148
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Put forward (excuse, pretext), claim

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alléguer

149
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Be struck by lightning; devastate, hit hard

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Foudroyer

Rover was out looking for food and got struck by lightning

150
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glare at

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foudroyer du regard

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