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Skilfully

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Savamment

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Appeal, charm, attraction

Flavour

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Saveur f

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Be excited

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Être en verve

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Brilliance , panache n

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Brio m

Ce candidat a passé l’épreuve de sélection avec brio.

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Annoyance inconvenience

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Désagrément m

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Be in fashion

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Être en vogue

And fete, gala

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At the whim of, mercy of

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Au gré de

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Astoubd, dumbfound, flabbergast

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Époustoufler

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Alder

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Aune, aulne m

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Shoe(horse)

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Ferrer

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Moisten

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Humecter

Julie humecte toujours ses lèvres avant de parler.

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Unexpected

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Insoupçonné

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Ivy

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Lierre m Le lierre grimpe et recouvre les arbres et les murs.

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Smelly

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Malodorant

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Stench

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Pestilence f

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Chubby plump adj

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Potelé

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Slouched slumped

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Affalé

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Demand claim v

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Revendiquer
Les salariés revendiquent des augmentations de salaire.
Se revendiquer claim to be, consider yr self to b

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Material, fabric, cloth

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Étoffe f

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Screw v

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Visser Je visse le bouchon sur la bouteille.

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Tirelessly

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Inlassablement

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panting adj
out of breath adj
breathless adj
gasping for air adj

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Haletant

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Falcon hawk

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Faucon m

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On the sly secretly behind closed doors

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En catimini

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On the sly illegally

In a rush hastily

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À la sauvette

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Lead astray mislead

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Fourvoyer

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Funeral funeral service

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Obsèques fpl

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Put a strain on v

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Grever

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Getaway, escape

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Escapade f

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Flair n

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Verve f
être en verve be excited, get excited vi + adj
Dès qu’il s’agit de ses vacances, Yves est en verve !

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Mushy soppy tearjerker

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Mièvre adj

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Huge, enormous

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Pantagruélique adj

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Mislead, misguide

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Fourvoyer

Se fourvoyer be mistaken

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Punish castigate chastise

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Châtier

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Long ago formerly

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Jadis

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Confusion commotion

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Tohu-bohu m

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Back and forth, to-ing and fro-ing coming and going n

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Va-et-vient m

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Vault

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Voûte f

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Back spine

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Échine f
s’échiner⇒ put great effort into doing [sth], wear yourself out doing [sth] v work yourself to death doing [sth], break your back doing [sth] v expr
bust a gut doing [sth], pound away at [sth] v expr

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Unbreakable undestructable

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indéfectible adj (sans défaillance) and unfailing, unflagging adj

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Prosperous period

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Période faste. F

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Open, make a start, begin

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Entamer

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Lost cause n

Beyond help adj

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Irrécupérable m

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Shout at or to sb

Shout across to sb

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Apostropher

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Others

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Autrui npl

Il faut respecter le travail d’autrui

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Bitterness resentment

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Rancoeur f

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Lose it expr

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Perdre la boule

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Resolute unwavering

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Inébranlable

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Unpredictable

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Imprévisible

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Linger hove soar glide

Daydream

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Planer

laisser planer le doute allow a margin of error, leave some doubt leave some doubt

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Stateless n adj

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Apatride f

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Understand twig get

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Piger

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Click,get it, suddenly get it expr

having a brain wave

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Avoir le déclic

Avoir un déclic

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Tickle v

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Chatouiller

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Worn out v

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exsanguer

Il a fini exsangue son marathon.

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Slipper, bootee, pumps, baller or dance shoe

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Chausson m

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opening ceremony n

unveiling n

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Inauguration f

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Stretcher

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Civière f

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Enema (lavemang)

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Lavement m

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Drip n

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Perfusion f

être sous perfusion be on a drip v expr

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familier (se réconcilier) patch things up with [sb] v expr

make up with [sb] v expr

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se rabibocher avec qqn

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Wand ( magic)

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Coup de baguette m

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Crack small gap

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Interstice m

….de la porte fex

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One eyed, blind in one eye

Seedy

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Borgne adj,n

Mon grand-père est borgne : il a perdu un œil à la guerre.

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Spill the beans
Let the cat out of the bag
Blab, blabber

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Vendre la mèche

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At all costs

Whatever the costs

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Coûte que coûte

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It costs peanuts, it costs nothing, next to nothing

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Ça coûte que dalle

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The first step is always the hardest

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Il n’y a que le premier pas qui coûte

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Care free, trouble free, oblivious

Happy go lucky

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Insouciant adj

La jeunesse est insouciante du danger.

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Clown around, act the fool, fool around

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Faire le guignol

Grand-guignol m melodrama

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Dressed kitted out

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Fagoté adj
se fagoter⇒ dress weirdly, dress badly

bien/mal fagoté fam be well/badlyvdressed v expr

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Mind yr own business

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Occuper de ses oignons

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Bro (fam) (brother!)

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Frérot

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Clove

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Clou de girofle m

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Make yr mouth water

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Mettre l’eau à la bouche

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Liquorice

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Réglisse f

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Very, xtremely

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Archi-
Archinul fex
Son agenda est archi-complet cette semaine.

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Have a good life

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Avoir la belle vie

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In no time

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En un rien de temps

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Nourishing adj

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Nourricier

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Bury (and fig)

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Ensevelir

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Stammer mumble

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Bafouiller

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Stuck up, stand offish snooty n

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Mijaurée f
Ne fais pas ta mijaurée, viens avec nous !
Don’t be snooty; come with us!

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Well away fr sth ab

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À l’écart de

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That sooner or later

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Que tôt où tard

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Stingy

Cheapskate

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Radin m adj

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Subscription

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Cotisation f

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Maid n

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Bonîche f

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Duster rag cloth

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Chiffon m

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Feather duster

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Plumeau m

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Dish cloth

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Lavette f

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Matte/gloss

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En mat en brilliant

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Get a promotion

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Prendre du galon fam

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Dagger

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Poignard m

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Fraud swindlescam con rip of

N and v

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Arnaque

arnaquer qqn

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Bet on gamble on

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Miser sur

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Hook strike snare v

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Ferrer

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Weightlessness

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Apesanteur f
En apesanteur weightless
Des passagers ont pu participer au premier vol en apesanteur.

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Headband

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Serve-tête m

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(colloquial) stingy, tight, tight-fisted

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Radin

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inexhaustible, endless, boundless, abundant, infinite

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Intarissable

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Cheap restaurant caff

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Gargote f

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Acorn

Jerk sl

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Gland m

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Alarm

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Nous avons appris avec effarement sa terrible disparition.Effarement m

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Hot wAter bottle

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Bouillotte f

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Bat (animal

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Chauve-souris f

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Lower lip

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Lippe f

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The time heals all wounds

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Le temps cicatrice les blessures

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Bonnet

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Capot m

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Scorn contempt disregard

Mistake error misunderstanding

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Le mépris

La méprise

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Rain cats and dogs

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Pleuvoir des trombes
Trombe f torrent, waterspout
Démarrer en trombe , en trombe

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gruff, surly, bad-tempered, crabby adj

(formal) truculent, uncivil adj

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bourru adj

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(sans illusion, déçu) disillusioned, disappointed adj

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Désabusé adj

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Inhibit v

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Inhiber

Il est inhibé par sa timidité.

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