More bestest words Flashcards by David White

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<p>sollicitation (numérique)</p>

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<p>Attention demanding (notifications)</p>

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<p>Une date butoire</p>

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<p>a deadline</p>

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<p>une ébauche</p>

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<p>an outline, rough sketch</p>

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<p>une contrainte</p>

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<p>a constraint</p>

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<p>une nuit blanche</p>

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<p>a sleepless night</p>

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<p>une arme blanche</p>

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<p>a knife (or bladed weapon)</p>

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<p>la BAC blanc</p>

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<p>the practice BAC</p>

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<p>une balle à blanc</p>

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<p>a blank bullet</p>

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<p>le sensationnel</p>

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<p>the sensational (sensationalist)</p>

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<p>du sensass</p>

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<p>sensational (familier)</p>

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<p>"ça se laisse boire"</p>

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<p>"that's nice to drink"</p>

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<p>"ça ne se fait pas"</p>

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<p>"that is not done"</p>

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<p>un patins</p>

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<p>a furniture pad</p>

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<p>fuseau (adj)</p>

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<p>spindle-shaped</p>

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rabrouer

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to send packing

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une régie

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a tv studio control room, state-controlled

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le maïs

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the corn

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fix

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reparer

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frôler

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to brush lightly, to come close to touching, to escape narrowly

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a bumper car

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une tamponneuse

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a car bumper

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un pare-choc

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a saucer

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une soucoupe

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to sell off (cheaply)

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brader

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en amont

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upstream

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a pressure, a tightness

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une tension

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under pressure

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sous tension

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the resuscitation

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la réanimation

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a keen interest, an infatuation

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un engouement

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to bite

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mordre

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a truant (student)

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une buissonnière

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a pair, a binomial

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un binôme

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a bonnet

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un bonnet

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the front

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le devant

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a strain (of virus)

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une souche

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a stall

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une étal

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frôleur

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stroking (adj)

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reconductible

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renewable (eg contract)

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octroyer

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to grant/bestow