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1
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scabbard

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fourreau

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wry

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ironique, tordu

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wry smile

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sourire en coin

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slack

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not tight, mou, détendu, négligé,

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tatters

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lambeaux, loques, abimer/mettre en lambeaux

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inn

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auberge

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minstrel

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ménestrel

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muster

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rassembler, trouver, regrouper

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kindle

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allumer, embraser, faire partir

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wax

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cire

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scowl

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air renfrogné, regarder d’un mauvais œil, grimacer

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gingerly

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avec précaution

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earl

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comte (titre honorifique)

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clover

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trèfle

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knack

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la technique, le coup de main, le tour de main, le truc

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ashen

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cendreux, blème

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gall

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bile, irriter

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rag

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loques, guenilles, haillons

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stammer

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bégaiement, bégayer, balbutier

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crates

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cageot (de fruits), caisse, boîte

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willow

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saule

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tuition

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cours, frais de scolarité

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stern

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sévère, austère, strict

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smear

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“dirty mark”, tache, trace, étaler

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smudge

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“dirty spot” , tache, bavure, étaler

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gaze

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regard fixe, fixer, contempler

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cunningly

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astucieusement, ingénieusement, sournoisement

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wolfish

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vorace, féroce, carnassier

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tray

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plateau, support

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sullen

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sombre, maussade, renfrogné

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shepherd

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berger

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dart

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dard, fléchette

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breastbone

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sternum

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charcoal

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charbon de bois

35
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rill

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ruisseau

36
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goose

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oie

37
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“wild-goose chase”

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a search that is completely unsuccessful and a waste of time because the person or thing being searched for does not exist or is somewhere else

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contemptible

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méprisable, worthy of contempt.

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contempt

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a lack of respect, scorn, disregard

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wheat

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blé

41
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gum

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gomme, colle, gencives, machouiller

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of sorts

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une sorte de

43
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elderberry

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sureau

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cork

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liège, bouchon

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rouse

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éveiller qqch, susciter, réveiller

46
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bladder

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vessie

47
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unto

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jusqu’à (vieille forme)

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tarragon

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estragon

49
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frank

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franc

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merry

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joyeux

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grim

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sombre, sinistre, maussage, morne

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chimney

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cheminée

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compel

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forcer, contraindre, imposer

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addled (vb addle)

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embrouillé, confus, (vb embrouiller)

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brethren

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frères (dans un sens religieux), camarades

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sleek

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lisse, soyeux, racé, aux lignes pures

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minstrel

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ménestrel

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maim

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estropier, mutiler

59
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heel

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talon

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lithe

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souple, agile

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thrice

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3 fois

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merely

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(only, simply, nothing more), simplement, seulement

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lead

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guider, diriger, plomb

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aloof

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à l’écart, distant, réservé

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thrall

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esclavage, servitude

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shrewd

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futé, malin, astucieux

67
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swagger

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arrogance, assurance, fanfaronner, se vanter

68
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peddler

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(ones who peddles), one who offers merchandise for sale along the street or from door to door

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abide

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to bear patiently, to endure without yielding, to remain stable or in a state

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meanness

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méchanceté

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drab

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slattern, prostitute

72
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banter

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“to speak in a witty and teasing manner”, badiner

73
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quirky

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having many quirks (pediculant trait), unusual in especially an interesting or appealing way, “excentrique”

74
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gentry

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noblesse

75
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nutmeg

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noix de muscade

76
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weariness

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lassitude, épuisement

77
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give up the ghost

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rendre l’ame

78
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dope

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illicit drug, stupid person

79
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sly

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sournois

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dismay

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consternation

81
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gall

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fiel, “something bitter to endure”

82
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have the gall

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avoir l’audace de

83
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altar

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“a table or place which serves as a center of worship or ritual, often used with the to refer to the act of getting married”, autel

84
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whisker

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moustache

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