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March 2 Flashcards

1
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to venerate

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vénérer

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2
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an eyelid

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une paupière

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greedy, hungry (figuratively), avid

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avide

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low cut (neckline)

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décolleté

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on the lookout, alert

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aux aguets

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college, uni

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la fac

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the device

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le dispositif, l’engin

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mixed (like weather or emotions or ideas)

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mitigé

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the upper hand

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le dessus

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an assault

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un assaut

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gangly

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dégingandé

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12
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beholden, indebted

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redevable

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to address, overcome, or alleviate

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pallier

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14
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to engage in

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se livrer à

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15
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(nerves) on edge

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(nerfs) en pelote

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16
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to persist or be stubborn

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s’entêter

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17
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to balk

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rechigner

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18
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a bruise or contusion

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une ecchymose, un bleu

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19
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haughty

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hautain

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20
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in turmoil, boiling

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en ébullition

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21
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overseas

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d’outre-mer

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22
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a dungeon, a cell

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un cachot

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23
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pruning, tree trimming

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l’élagage

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24
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to approach (an idea), to discuss

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aborder

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25
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out loud

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à haute voix

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26
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a barrel, keg, or cask

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un tonneau

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27
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against decency…. indecent exposure

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à la pudeur

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28
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to quibble or haggle

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chicaner, chipoter

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29
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the publication/release

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la parution

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30
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a census

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un recensement

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31
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cruelty

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la cruauté

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32
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to fire someone (literary word)

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congédier

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33
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to slay

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occire

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34
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to retort

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rétorquer

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35
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sewn, stitched

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cousu (es)

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36
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appetizing

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appétissant, ragoûtant

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37
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scatterbrained

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écervelé

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38
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a head of hair

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une chevelure

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39
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to be fulfilled, to come true (wish, transformation, miracle)

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s’accomplir

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40
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a dirty cop

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un ripou

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41
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coarse, rude, crass

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grossier

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42
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heady

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capiteux -euse

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43
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to shear, to shear off

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cisailler

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44
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to be crawling with

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grouiller de

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45
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to inhibit

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inhiber

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46
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to begin / start

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s’amorcer

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47
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nape of the neck / back of your head

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une nuque

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48
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right in the middle of

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au beau milieu de

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49
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the magnitude or scale

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l’ampleur (f)

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50
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liege lord

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un suzerain

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51
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a mouthful, a gush

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une goulée

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52
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covered with, smeared with

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maculé de

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53
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tu hunch / slouch

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se voûter

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54
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a table tennis player

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un pongiste

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55
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to be sentenced to

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avoir écopé de

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56
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a stage or podium

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une estrade

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57
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word processing, word processor

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(un) traitement de texte

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58
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within (exp)

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au sein de (in the bosom of)

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59
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to be promoted

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monter en grade

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60
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The threshold or doorstop

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le seuil

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61
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a jewel

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un joyau

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62
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weird

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chelou

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63
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an ice caps

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une calotte glaciaire

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64
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unscathed

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indemne

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65
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to track down, to follow the footprints

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suivre à la trace

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66
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fleeting

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fugace

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67
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a convoy

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un convoi

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68
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to drip

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dégouliner

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69
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pigtail(s), braid(s)

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une natte

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70
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in vain

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en vain

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71
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rhythmic

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cadencé, rythmique

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72
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to recount, narrate, tell

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narrer

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73
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a stable

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une écurie

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74
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a garter

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une jarretière

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75
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subtext, innuendo

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le sous-entendu

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76
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to challenge, refute, object

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récuser

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77
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to sail (literary)

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voguer

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78
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an executioner, tormentor, hangman

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un bourreau

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79
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a grievance

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une doléance

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80
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dismay, disarray

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le désarroi

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81
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elusive

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insaisissable

82
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to go about (doing sthg)

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vaquer à (faire qqch)

83
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a mast, pole, flag pole

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un mât

84
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destroyed, wiped out, annihilated

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anéanti

85
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‘For his own good’

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pour son propre bien

86
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to blink

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ciller

87
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ornate, adorned with

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orné, orné de

88
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to hunt down

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traquer

89
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a crush (romance), an infatuation

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un béguin

90
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the mesh

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la maille, le maillage

91
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a grove

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un bosquet

92
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good for nothing, deadbeat

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(un) bon à rien

93
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appalling, horrific

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effroyable

94
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nerves

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les nerfs

95
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a woodworker

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un menuisier

96
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to come running, to rush

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accourir

97
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a dam or dyke

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une digue

98
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one-time (as in a one-time offer)

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ponctuel (also means punctual)

99
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the weaving, the weave

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le tissage

100
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bittersweet

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aigre-doux

101
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to prance

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caracoler

102
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buried, embedded, hidden

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enfoui dans/par

103
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uncultured

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inculte

104
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to take offense at sthg

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s’offusquer de qqch

105
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curled up

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pelotonné

106
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to ban, to banish

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bannir

107
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a tomb

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une tombe, un tombeau

108
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ruckus, mayhem, trouble

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le grabuge

109
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to fall, drop, plummet

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chuter

110
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dedicated to, destined to

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voué à

111
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that said

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cela dit

112
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a conspiracy

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une conspiration

113
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a base or pedestal

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un socle

114
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rocking, rattling

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bringuebalant

115
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a decline, wasting, or degradation

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un dépérissement

116
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under supervision, under guardianship

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sous tutelle

117
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scum, rejection, scrap heap

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le rebut

118
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to clear away

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déblayer

119
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a flop, fiasco, or belly

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un bide

120
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to chip

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ébrécher

121
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a decree

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un décret

122
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to rise up

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se soulever

123
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broth, gruel (literary)

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le brouet

124
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to lug around

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trimballer

125
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countless

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innombrable(s)

126
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a hull (of a boat), a shell

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une coque

127
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untamed

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indompté

128
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mind-numbing

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abrutissant

129
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inebriation

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l’ébriété

130
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to stream or trickle down

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ruisseler

131
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to store

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emmagasiner

132
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to get the hell out of dodge (exp) ,

to get away, to get outta here

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se faire la malle

133
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inadvertently

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par mégarde, par inadvertance

134
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a ship, vessel, starship

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un vaisseau

135
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straight away, from the outset, immediately

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d’emblée

136
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to deny

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nier

137
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I gotta go

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je dois vaquer

138
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heart racing / pounding

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battre la chamade

139
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a hamlet or small village

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un hameau

140
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timid, mlquetoast

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timoré

141
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a kick (from a horse)

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une ruade

142
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wild, fierce, untamed

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farouche

143
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to pamper

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dorloter

144
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excruciatingly, atrociously

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atrocement

145
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a bodice

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un corsage

146
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to come to pass

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advenir

147
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to add or increase

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renchérir

148
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garish, gaudy

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criard

149
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funny, droll

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cocasse

150
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crooked (shady / dishonest)

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véreux

151
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to have a nose bleed

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saigner du nez

152
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The routing / delivery

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l’acheminement

153
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a tuber or root vegetable

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un tubercule

154
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swarming

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grouillant

155
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(a) major (project), The scale or magnitude

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(un projet) d’envergure, l’envergure

156
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on short notice or off the cuff

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au pied levé

157
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to hum (besides fredonner)

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chantonner

158
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puny / sickly

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chétif

159
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staggering, dizzying

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vertigineux -euse

160
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taken aback

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décontenancé

161
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out of sight, hidden, secret

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à l’abri des regards

162
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sharp, razor sharp (a knife or eye or mind, etc)

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acéré (es)

163
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to deny or contradict

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démentir

164
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plush, cosy, well-to-do

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cossu

165
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guy, fellow, chap, lad

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un gaillard

166
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(to go) against (sthg or someone)

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(aller) à l’encontre de (qqch ou qqn)

167
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to dangle

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pendouiller

168
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to spy on

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épier

169
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a trifle (insignificant thing)

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une broutille

170
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clammy, sweaty

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moite

171
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eagerness

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empressement

172
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a cove or creek

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une crique

173
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shredded, jagged

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déchiqueté

174
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a locker or record (historical or criminal)

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un casier

175
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convoluted

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alambiqué

176
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the depths

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les profondeurs

177
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to half-open

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entrouvrir

178
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a reel, a roll, a roller

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un rouleau

179
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Link (in a chain)

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un maillon

180
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to leave, bow out, take leave

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prendre congé

181
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to collide, to bang together

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s’entrechoquer

182
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a file or emery board

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une lime

183
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to remove eyes, gouge out someone’s eyes

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énucléer

184
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a villain, wretch, miscreant

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un scélérat

185
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too deepen or enhance

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approfondir

186
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to engulf

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engouffrer, engloutir

187
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to breathe into

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insuffler

188
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a shawl

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un châle

189
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by far

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de loin

190
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to bribe

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soudoyer

191
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an entanglement

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un enchevêtrement

192
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iridescent

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irisé

193
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the belly, the innards (literally and figuratively)

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les entrailles

194
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a fault (crack in the earth, weakness)

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une faille

195
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a grin or smirk

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un rictus

196
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to “get the boot” to be booted (fired), to get kicked out

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être mis(e) à la porte

197
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nothingness, nothing, nil

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le néant

198
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the stench

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la puanteur

199
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to slum it

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s’encanailler

200
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spiked (like a drink), strong, full-bodied

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corsé

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