Michel drucker Flashcards

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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

encre pour l

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
Placette f
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Chu by, chubby cheeked adj
Joufflu
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A bed of roses, nice work
Sinécure f
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Stuffy, stifling, oppressive
Étouffant adj
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Horribly, dreadfully, appallingly, awfully
Épouvantablement
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Haystack Bail of hay Millstone
Meule de foin m Meule de paille f Meule f
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Diute row altercation
Algarade f
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Hereditary disease | Age old enemy/foe
Maladie héréditaire | Ennemi héréditaire
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Trunk, boot
Malle f se faire la malle familier (informal) clear off, clear out expr (slang, figurative)
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Jolt shake bounce v
Cahoter
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Own up to confess to
Avouer
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Sanction, give ur blessing to
Consacrer
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Disgust sl
Debecter
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Economy of scale
Économie d'échelle f | Échelle f ladder
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``` Trigger A shot (person) ```
Gâchette f
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Left hook (boxing)
Crochet du gauche m | Crochet hook m
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Dogged determined relentless persistant
Acharné adj | Mon mari est un travailleur acharné...a tireless worker
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Rough, harsh, lumpy
Âpre adj
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Broad, doll babe fam
Pépée f
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Caravan, trailer | Gypsy caravan, horse drawn trailer
Roulotte f
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Thin slender skinny
Fluet -te
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Shortage, lack, shortfall
Pénurie f
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Bad luck colloq
Poisse f Poisser be sticky, Poisser qqn Catch, nail,nab
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Annoying, irritatitin, exasperating adj | Nuisance, pest, pain n
Casse-pieds nmf, adj
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Sicken, disgust v
Débarquer
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Hay
Foin m
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Bless v
Bénir
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Drink down in one gulp
Boire cul sec | Il a fini son verre cul sec
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Hairline fracture | Rift, crack, estrangement litt.fig.
Félure f
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Skirmish and verbal
Escarmouche f | As a verb to spar
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Swagger, strut
Se pavaner
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Dismiss, fire sack
Licencier
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Fail, flunk
Recaler
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Subside | Sink sag cave in slump
S'affaisser
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Curse v
Pester | Il peste contre le mauvais temps.
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Astride straddling
``` 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
Voeu m
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Blow out the candles
Souffler les bougies
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Tumble down crash down
Dégringoler
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For God's sake fir heaven's sake
Pour l'amour du ciel
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Alcoholic drunk n
Alcoolo
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Drunk, drunkard fam
Pochetron
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Clutter jumble hodge podge
Fatras m
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Shorten v
Écourter
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Casualty injured person
Accidenté
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To be devastated
Être devasté -e
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Ounce
Once (de regret fex) f
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Lack of sleep
Le manque de sommeil
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Sway jolt rock nod | Slog sl
Bringuebaler v Endormie au coin du feu la grand-mère brimbalait sa tête.
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Remove cancel out scratch delete
Biffer | Comme il n'était jamais venu, on biffa son nom de la liste.
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Working class adj
Popu | Je n'aime pas ce quartier de la ville, il est popu.
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Hope
Houblon m
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Barley
Ogre m
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Citrus
Agrume m
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Wear and tear
Usure f
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Forward ( rugby f x)
``` Avant m Ailiers wings Faire des passes Passe f Les défenseurs ```
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Tone ( physical)
Tonus m | tonus musculaire muscle tone
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Sociable
Liant -e
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Versatile
Polyvalent
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To shout ( angrily)
Vociférer
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Retch v
Avoir un haut-le-cœur
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To sleep w someone
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
Aller à vau-l'eau
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Boast about | Pride yr self on
Se targuer de qqc | Le parti se targue des résultats obtenus.
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Seat n
Assis f | Assise f base foundation bedrock
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Spur spur on
éperonner | C'est l'envie de gagner qui éperonne le sportif.
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Invigorate
tonifier | Une douche froide tonifie le corps.
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Garlic clove
Gousse d'ail f | And pod gousse de vanille
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Dish n
Mets m | Ce repas se compose de plusieurs mets.
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Shade
Ombrage m
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Undermine
Saper Sape sl clothes gear f Se saper to dress
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``` Pattern ( sewing fex) Height size ( dimension) Well built ( person) ```
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
Pie f
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Mudguard mudflap
Garde-boue m
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Breakdown fam n
rade f | Mon ordi ne s'allume plus, il est tombé en rade.
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Gummistövlar
Bottes en caoutchouc f
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Straw hat
Chapeau de paille le
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Fad fling passing whim
Passade f | Sa passade pour la belle Catherine est terminée.
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Ploy
Stratagème m
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Material fabric cloth
Étoffe f Étoffer expand flesh out S'étoffer grow intensify
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Flirtatious coquettish adj
Aguicheur-euse | A flirt as noun
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Crucial essential | Block letters upper case
Capital L'adhésion du Sénat est capitale pour la réussite de la réforme. Means resources capital m
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Plywood
(une feuille de)Contreplaqué m
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Furious livid
Furibond adj
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Soothing
Lénifiant-e
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Saddle b
Seller
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Rebuff reject v
Rembarrer
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Grab snatch seize grasp
Happer
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Launch into strike up
Entonner | Le professeur entonne une chanson.
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Prowl hang around roam
Rôder
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Unsaid things unsaid n
Non-dit m
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constraint, rigidity, confinement | Straight jacket
Carcan m
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By the way
À propos | À propos de about concerning regarding
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Dreadful awful sad
Moche And Ugly awful gross
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Armpit
Aisselle f
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Trip up stumble n
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
Cafter
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Duty chore n
Corvée f
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Lectern
Lutrin m
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Sweetie my little one my dear
Mnn biquet | biquet nm familier (chéri) sweetheart, dear, love n
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Cark it,snuff it, cop it, kick the buckey
Clamser
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Net curtain
Voilage m
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Shopping bag, shopping basket
Cabas m
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A bit long ( duration)
Longuet -te adj
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Dogsbody, minion
Larbin m | Faire le larbin
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Sway/wiggle yr hips
Se déhancher
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In indian file
À la queue leu leu | Leu wolf
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Turkey m f
Dinde f dindon m
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Peel v
Peler
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Craftsman, master expert | Gold or silversmith
Orfèvre m | Travail d'orfèvre work of art
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Smear, dirty, sully v
Barbouiller
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Fiddle tinker
Fignoler
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Stuff gear material
Matos m
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Flop, dud, lemon | Tummy gut paunch
Bide m
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Large stomack, paunch belly
Panse m | Panser groom bandage dress
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Lisp v
Zozoter
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Peck, kiss
Bécot m
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Playful, frisky adj
Folâtre | Folâtrer to flirt fool around make eyes at each other
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Great clumsy oaf
Un grand dadais
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Pussy kitty pussycat | Sweetie sweetie pie
Minet m | Potron-minet dawn, day break, sunrise
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Compromise | Be a burden on
Plomber
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Suit, be good for, convenient Settle sort out Mend fix repair
Arranger
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Experienced seasoned
Expérimenté | Try out test expérimenter
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Stuff-up, fuck-up, stupid thing
Connerie f | Faire une connerie do something stupid
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Profitability viability cost-effectiveness
Rentabilitè Seuil de rentabilité break even point Taux de... Rate of return
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Birdie( kids)
Piou-piou m