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Shell, armour and fig

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Carapace f

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Hair, locks, tresses pop

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Tifs nm

Monique a pris rendez-vous chez son coiffeur pour se faire couper les tifs.

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Rascal, rogue

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Lascar m

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Rummage v

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Farfouiller

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Muffler, scarf

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Cache-nez m

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Honker, beak etc slang nose

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Tarin m

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Pack (animals), horde (people)

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Horde f

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Scrawny, gaunt, starved looking adj

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Famélique

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Stew n

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Civet m

Un civet de lièvre

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Damage breakages n cuts, redundancies

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Casse f

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Hesitate be in two minds v

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Se tâter

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Exit, way out

End outcome

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Issue f
Les issues de secours
A l’issue du congrès…..

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Butt (rifle), stick (sport)

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Crosse f

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Briefcase, school satchel

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Mallette f

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Scared, freightened adj

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Effrayé

Avoir l’air….

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Soft boiled egg

Runny, gooey

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Les oeufs mollets

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Meat fam

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Bidoche f

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Be worried sick, worry to death

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Se faire un sang d’encre

Cette mère se fait un sang d

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encre pour l

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avenir de son fils.

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Hydro electrocity

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Houille blanche f

Houille w audible h is coal

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Almanacka

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Ephéméride m

L’éphéméride est une espèce d’agenda.

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Birdie (child language)

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Piou-piou m

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Weevil

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Charançon m

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Pottery

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Poterie f

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Flaggstang

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Mat m

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Small courtyard, small square, small landing, plot

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Placette f

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Chu by, chubby cheeked adj

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Joufflu

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A bed of roses, nice work

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Sinécure f

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Stuffy, stifling, oppressive

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Étouffant adj

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Horribly, dreadfully, appallingly, awfully

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Épouvantablement

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Haystack
Bail of hay
Millstone

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Meule de foin m
Meule de paille f
Meule f

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Diute row altercation

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Algarade f

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Hereditary disease

Age old enemy/foe

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Maladie héréditaire

Ennemi héréditaire

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Trunk, boot

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Malle f
se faire la malle familier (informal) clear off, clear out expr
(slang, figurative)

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Jolt shake bounce v

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Cahoter

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Own up to confess to

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Avouer

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Sanction, give ur blessing to

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Consacrer

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Disgust sl

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Debecter

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Economy of scale

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Économie d’échelle f

Échelle f ladder

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Trigger
A shot (person)
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Gâchette f

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Left hook (boxing)

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Crochet du gauche m

Crochet hook m

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Dogged determined relentless persistant

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Acharné adj

Mon mari est un travailleur acharné…a tireless worker

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Rough, harsh, lumpy

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Âpre adj

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Broad, doll babe fam

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Pépée f

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Caravan, trailer

Gypsy caravan, horse drawn trailer

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Roulotte f

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Thin slender skinny

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Fluet -te

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Shortage, lack, shortfall

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Pénurie f

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Bad luck colloq

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Poisse f
Poisser be sticky,
Poisser qqn Catch, nail,nab

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Annoying, irritatitin, exasperating adj

Nuisance, pest, pain n

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Casse-pieds nmf, adj

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Sicken, disgust v

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Débarquer

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Hay

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Foin m

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Bless v

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Bénir

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Drink down in one gulp

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Boire cul sec

Il a fini son verre cul sec

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Hairline fracture

Rift, crack, estrangement litt.fig.

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Félure f

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Skirmish and verbal

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Escarmouche f

As a verb to spar

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Swagger, strut

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Se pavaner

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Dismiss, fire sack

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Licencier

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Fail, flunk

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Recaler

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Subside

Sink sag cave in slump

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S’affaisser

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Curse v

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Pester

Il peste contre le mauvais temps.

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Astride straddling

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á califourchon sur qqc
califourchon nm	 (figurative)	hobbyhorse n
 	 	pet subject n
 	 	obsession, fixation n
 	La botanique, c'est son califourchon !
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Wish n

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Voeu m

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Blow out the candles

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Souffler les bougies

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Tumble down crash down

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Dégringoler

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For God’s sake fir heaven’s sake

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Pour l’amour du ciel

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Alcoholic drunk n

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Alcoolo

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Drunk, drunkard fam

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Pochetron

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Clutter jumble hodge podge

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Fatras m

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Shorten v

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Écourter

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Casualty injured person

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Accidenté

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To be devastated

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Être devasté -e

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Ounce

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Once (de regret fex) f

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Lack of sleep

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Le manque de sommeil

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Sway jolt rock nod

Slog sl

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Bringuebaler v

Endormie au coin du feu la grand-mère brimbalait sa tête.

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Remove cancel out scratch delete

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Biffer

Comme il n’était jamais venu, on biffa son nom de la liste.

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Working class adj

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Popu

Je n’aime pas ce quartier de la ville, il est popu.

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Hope

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Houblon m

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Barley

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Ogre m

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Citrus

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Agrume m

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Wear and tear

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Usure f

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Forward ( rugby f x)

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Avant m
Ailiers wings
Faire des passes
Passe f
Les défenseurs
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Tone ( physical)

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Tonus m

tonus musculaire muscle tone

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Sociable

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Liant -e

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Versatile

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Polyvalent

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To shout ( angrily)

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Vociférer

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Retch v

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Avoir un haut-le-cœur

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To sleep w someone

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Fricoter avec qqn

to cook up* •qu’est-ce qu’il fricote ? what’s he up to?

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Go downhill, go to the dogs, go down the drain v expr

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Aller à vau-l’eau

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Boast about

Pride yr self on

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Se targuer de qqc

Le parti se targue des résultats obtenus.

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Seat n

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Assis f

Assise f base foundation bedrock

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Spur spur on

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éperonner

C’est l’envie de gagner qui éperonne le sportif.

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Invigorate

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tonifier

Une douche froide tonifie le corps.

92
Q

Garlic clove

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Gousse d’ail f

And pod gousse de vanille

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Dish n

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Mets m

Ce repas se compose de plusieurs mets.

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Shade

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Ombrage m

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Undermine

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Saper
Sape sl clothes gear f
Se saper to dress

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Pattern ( sewing fex)
Height size ( dimension)
Well built ( person)
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gabarit m
Le gabarit du camion lui interdit de passer sur ce pont.
The lorry’s size means
d’un grand gabarit : well built

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Magpie

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Pie f

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Mudguard mudflap

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Garde-boue m

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Breakdown fam n

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rade f

Mon ordi ne s’allume plus, il est tombé en rade.

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Gummistövlar

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Bottes en caoutchouc f

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Straw hat

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Chapeau de paille le

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Fad fling passing whim

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Passade f

Sa passade pour la belle Catherine est terminée.

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Ploy

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Stratagème m

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Material fabric cloth

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Étoffe f
Étoffer expand flesh out
S’étoffer grow intensify

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Flirtatious coquettish adj

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Aguicheur-euse

A flirt as noun

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Crucial essential

Block letters upper case

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Capital
L’adhésion du Sénat est capitale pour la réussite de la réforme.
Means resources capital m

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Plywood

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(une feuille de)Contreplaqué m

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Furious livid

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Furibond adj

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Soothing

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Lénifiant-e

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Saddle b

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Seller

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Rebuff reject v

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Rembarrer

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Grab snatch seize grasp

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Happer

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Launch into strike up

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Entonner

Le professeur entonne une chanson.

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Prowl hang around roam

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Rôder

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Unsaid things unsaid n

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Non-dit m

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constraint, rigidity, confinement

Straight jacket

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Carcan m

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By the way

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À propos

À propos de about concerning regarding

118
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Dreadful awful sad

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Moche
And
Ugly awful gross

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Armpit

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Aisselle f

120
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Trip up stumble n

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Croc-en-jambe m
Faire un….
Je l’ai vu, c’est René qui a fait un croc-en-jambe à Sébastien !

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Snitch grass v

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Cafter

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Duty chore n

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Corvée f

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Lectern

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Lutrin m

124
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Sweetie my little one my dear

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Mnn biquet

biquet nm familier (chéri) sweetheart, dear, love n

125
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Cark it,snuff it, cop it, kick the buckey

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Clamser

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Net curtain

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Voilage m

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Shopping bag, shopping basket

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Cabas m

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A bit long ( duration)

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Longuet -te adj

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Dogsbody, minion

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Larbin m

Faire le larbin

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Sway/wiggle yr hips

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Se déhancher

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In indian file

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À la queue leu leu

Leu wolf

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Turkey m f

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Dinde f dindon m

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Peel v

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Peler

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Craftsman, master expert

Gold or silversmith

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Orfèvre m

Travail d’orfèvre work of art

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Smear, dirty, sully v

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Barbouiller

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Fiddle tinker

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Fignoler

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Stuff gear material

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Matos m

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Flop, dud, lemon

Tummy gut paunch

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Bide m

139
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Large stomack, paunch belly

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Panse m

Panser groom bandage dress

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Lisp v

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Zozoter

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Peck, kiss

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Bécot m

142
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Playful, frisky adj

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Folâtre

Folâtrer to flirt fool around make eyes at each other

143
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Great clumsy oaf

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Un grand dadais

144
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Pussy kitty pussycat

Sweetie sweetie pie

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Minet m

Potron-minet dawn, day break, sunrise

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Compromise

Be a burden on

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Plomber

146
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Suit, be good for, convenient
Settle sort out
Mend fix repair

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Arranger

147
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Experienced seasoned

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Expérimenté

Try out test expérimenter

148
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Stuff-up, fuck-up, stupid thing

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Connerie f

Faire une connerie do something stupid

149
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Profitability viability cost-effectiveness

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Rentabilitè
Seuil de rentabilité break even point
Taux de… Rate of return

150
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Birdie( kids)

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Piou-piou m

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