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March Flashcards

1
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disapproving

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désapprobateur

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silvery, silver-plated

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argenté

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to bustle about, to fuss

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s’affairer

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the frame, door frame

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le chambranle (de la porte)

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5
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to steal or to shy away

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dérober

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6
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to go for it, to charge

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foncer (also to darken)

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7
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to pounce

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bondir

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8
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to pipe up, cram, huddle together

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(s’) entasser

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9
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a spray of water

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une gerbe d’eau

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10
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to revive/rekindle

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raviver

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11
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to bend or flex

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ployer

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12
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to cut or gouge

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entailler

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13
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to fall down, tumble

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dégringoler

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14
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to bask, to lounge

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se prélasser

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15
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a claw

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une griffe

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16
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to spread, take hold, circulate

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se répandre

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17
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a droplet

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une gouttelette

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18
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serrated

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dentelé

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19
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to prove to be, to turn out

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s’avérer

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20
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waste, garbage

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les déchets

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21
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alley

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une ruelle

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22
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potbellied

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pansu

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23
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to get caught up by sthg, to snatch

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happer par qqch

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24
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a rattling, a knocking

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un cliquetis

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25
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a frame, a mount

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une monture

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26
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a fair / exhibition / carnival / trade fair

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une foire

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27
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to stiffen

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se raidir

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28
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vigorously, “like mad”

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à toute volée

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29
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to jerk off

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(se) branler

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30
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a scoundrel

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une crapule

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31
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to brag

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fanfaronner

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32
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palm (of a hand)

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une paume

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33
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to grope / fumble around

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tâtonner

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34
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carefree/wreckless

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insouciant

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35
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to end up doing sthg, to finally do sthg

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finir par faire qqch

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36
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traveling, roving

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itinérant

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37
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a belt / strap

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une courroie

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38
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the mower, the grim reaper

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la faucheuse

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39
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to make things up, fantasize, to fabricate

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fabuler

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40
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to ride/straddle, to overlap

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chevaucher

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41
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to extend, to encompass

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s’étendre

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42
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sthg is wrong, is amiss

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qqch ne tourne pas rond

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43
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pea brain, birdbrain

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(la) cervelle de moineau

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44
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guy, fellow, chap, bloke

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un bougre

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45
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to confront

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affronter

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46
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to kneel

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s’agenouiller

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47
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to loot, plunder

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piller

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48
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out loud, aloud

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tout haut

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49
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to wade, flounder, paddle

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patauger

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50
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distraught, panicked

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affolé

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51
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to resemble

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ressembler

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52
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twinkling, glittering

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scintillant

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53
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devoid of

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dépourvue de

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54
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to unpack, unwrap

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déballer

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55
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thinly veiled

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à peine voilée

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56
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foolish, a fool

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sot(s), un sot

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57
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a habit, an obsession

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une manie

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58
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to roll around, to bounce around

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balloter

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59
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to welcome, to rejoice

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(se) réjouir

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60
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a lout, a boor

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un rustre

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61
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the backlash, surf, undertow

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le ressac

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62
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to shelter, to take shelter

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s’abriter

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63
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to arise/emerge from

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surgir de

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64
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to stagger, stumble

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tituber

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65
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arduous

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ardu(e)

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66
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a log (wood)

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un rondin

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67
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rock, pebble

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un caillou

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68
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to submit (as in submit a report)

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soumettre

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69
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Step aside! Get away!

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écartez-vous !

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70
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posh, upscale

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huppé

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71
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even though/even as, at the very moment when

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alors même que

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72
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to grumble or gripe

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ronchonner

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73
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to flinch

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broncher

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74
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to scratch / scuff

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érafler

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75
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to saw (like to saw wood)

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scier

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76
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to change course, to shift gears

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changer de cap

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77
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to resort to

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recourir à

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78
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a spell/curse

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un sortilège

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79
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at full speed

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à toute allure

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80
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to hoist

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hisser

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81
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to get bored / tired of sthg

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se lasser

82
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the frame, the body, the chassis

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le châssis

83
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baldness

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la calvitie

84
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starved, ravenous

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affamé

85
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pantry

A

un garde-manger

86
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to spit, to cough up

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cracher

87
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a canteen, flask

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une gourde

88
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a penny (a dime, colloquial… one red cent)

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un sou

89
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to damage

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abîmer

90
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to tense up

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se crisper

91
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procession, motorcade

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un cortège

92
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a slope, downhill

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une pente

93
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to crack, to split

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se fendiller

94
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a standard or a stallion

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un étalon

95
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to rub

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frotter

96
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the tide

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la marée

97
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to maim, cripple

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estropier

98
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bulbous

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bulbeux

99
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a pole

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une perche

100
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to hang, to hang oneself

A

pendre, se pendre

101
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to fray, to unravel

A

effilocher

102
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to ensue/follow

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s’ensuivre

103
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to weaken, undermine

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affaiblir

104
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to meet/talk

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s’entretenir

105
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viscous, slimy

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visqueux

106
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a darkness

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une pénombre

107
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to fill, to bridge, to address

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combler

108
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to diminish

A

amoindrir

109
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to be/look sheepish

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avoir l’air penaud

110
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to lap, to ripple (water)

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clapoter

111
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a pair of slippers

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une paire de moules

112
Q

the racket / commotion

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le vacarme

113
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paltry

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dérisoire

114
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a shell

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une carapace

115
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stiff, stuffy, uptight

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guindé

116
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an abyss, chasm

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un gouffre

117
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to take after someone / to look like someone

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tenir de qqn

118
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to hammer, to pound

A

marteler

119
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filthy

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crasseux -euse

120
Q

“even if it means”

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quitte à + inf

121
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to inquire

A

se renseigner

122
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to fawn, to brownnose

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flagorner

123
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however much / although

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avoir beau + inf

124
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shortish, shorty/dumpy

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courtaude

125
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at high speed

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en trombe

126
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a slot / slit / gap

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une fente

127
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to inform

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renseigner

128
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Enough dilly dallying / dragging on !

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Assez trainé !

129
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a crybaby, blubbering

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(un) chialeur

130
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undulating, wave-like, swaying

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ondulant

131
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a jailer

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un geôlier

132
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of the past, of yore

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d’antan

133
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common

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courant

134
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accursed, forsaken

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maudit

135
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roughly, harshly, mighty (“mighty good”)

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rudement

136
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to be eager to do sthg, to be attached to someone

A

tenir à qqn où qqch

137
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to scrape

A

racler

138
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to rant, to ramble

A

divaguer

139
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thick/heavy/dense

A

épais

140
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nevertheless

A

pourtant

141
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following (as in after, in the wake of)

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à la suite

142
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smooth, suave, smarmy

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mielleux

143
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a chore, duty

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une corvée

144
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to stall, to wedge

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caler

145
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a visor

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une visière

146
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hollow

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creux -euse

147
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to whine, whimper

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geindre

148
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a raft

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un radeau

149
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to despise, to scorn

A

mépriser

150
Q

club, cudgel

A

le gourdin

151
Q

eel, slippery

A

(une) anguille

152
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redemption, repurchase, acquisition

A

le rachat

153
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a splint, a brace

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une attelle

154
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to scan (with one’s eyes)

A

balayer (also to sweep)

155
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to deliver (a blow), to strike, to tenderize

A

asséner

156
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to hobble

A

clopiner

157
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to trick, outwit

A

ruser

158
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teeth/jaw clenched

A

la mâchoire serrée

159
Q

side (adj)

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latéral(e)

160
Q

pestilence, plague

A

la peste

161
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resounding, ringing

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retentissant

162
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mischief, a misdeed

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un méfait

163
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tornado, downpour

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une trombe

164
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to brave

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braver

165
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whimsical

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fantasque

166
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a vine

A

une liane

167
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in midair

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en plein vol

168
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to giggle, snicker, chuckle

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ricaner

169
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to match, to be consistent

A

concorder

170
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to hold, detain, possess

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détenir

171
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to freeze, congeal

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se figer

172
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gust, flurry, squall, bullseye

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une bourrasque

173
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to skid

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déraper

174
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prey

A

la proie

175
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a minnow

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un vairon

176
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to dissect

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disséquer

177
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freaking, darn, bloody, blasted

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satané (comes before the noun)

178
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smart, clever

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malin

179
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a shoe or hoof

A

un sabot

180
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a horn

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un cor

181
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a wound

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une plaie

182
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calf-length (as in water depth), mid-calf

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à mi-mollet

183
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an outcropping

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un affleurement

184
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to squeal the tires

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crisser les pneus

185
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to be pissed/mad (at someone)

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être en rogne (contre qqn)

186
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the measles

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la rougeole

187
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a spa

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une thalasso

188
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to court, to woo

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courtiser

189
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morals

A

les mœurs

190
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to strip, rob, deprive

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dépouiller

191
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to emit

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émettre

192
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heartbeat / pulse

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le pouls

193
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however, nevertheless

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toutefois

194
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a cuss, a swear word

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un juron

195
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to mirror

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mirer

196
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to bait, lure, entice

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appâter

197
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a bucket

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un seau

198
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warm, tepid, half-hearted

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tiède

199
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in the buff/nude

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à poil

200
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to come from

A

provenir

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