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Non religious, lay-person

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Laïc

Laïque (same)

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Acronym

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Sigle m

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Movement , dependency

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Mouvement f

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Show up, turn up

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Débarquer

And disembark, land

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Because of this

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À cause de ceci
Ceci dit this said
Ceci explique cela this explains that

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Yield, give way, give in, concede

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Céder

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Clash, conflict, aggravation, irritation

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Contrariété f

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Sick leave, off sick

Doctor’s certificate, sick note

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Arrêt de travail m

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Posh adj

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Huppé

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Doctor’s surgery

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Cabinet médicale

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Thorny,prickly

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Épineux -se

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Can opener

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Ouvre-boîtes

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Wait no matter what

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Attendre de pied ferme

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get bogged down vi + adj

get caught, get trapped

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S’empêtrer

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Beg, plead with

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supplier qqn de faire qch⇒ vtr (demander avec insistance) beg [sb] to do [sth], plead with [sb] to do [sth] vtr
Je vous supplie de me croire.

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pop by again v expr

call in again v expr

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Repasser
Repasser un examen
Planche à repasser ironing board

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Catflap

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Chatière m

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Hassle, bother, bummer

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Emmerdement m

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be tense, be on edge

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Être sur les dents

Mettre sur les dents. Under pressure

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Amazement

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Stupeur

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Mocking adj

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Persifleur -euse

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Break-up, separation, split up n

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Rupture f

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Iattention, lack of attention

By accident, inadvertedly

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Mégarde f

Par mégarde

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Difficult, tiresome, hard adj

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Pénible

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Half truths

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Les demi-vérités

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Pin code

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Le code pin

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Lîke a shot

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En trombe

Démarrer en trombe hurtle off, start w a great rush

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Misgiving, qualm

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Scrupule m

And scruple

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Linger, stay behind, delay, hold back, remain

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S’attarder

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Spoiled

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Gâté -e

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Bask, lounge

Laze around

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Lézarder

Lézarder au soleil

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Alarm n

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Effarement m

Avec effarement

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Unfair, deceitful dishonest, under hand

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Déloyal

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Be touched moved

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S’attendrir

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Punching bag

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Sac de sable m

Sandbag

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Muted, muffled adj

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Feutré

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Rainy season

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La saison des pluies

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The end of the monsoon

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La fin de mousson

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Climate change

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Le changement climatique
Le réchauffement climatique
De déplacés clumatiques

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Polluter

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Pollueur

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Polls, ballot, election, vote

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Scrutin m

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Stagnation (economy)

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Marasme m

Sortir du m. Come out of a slump

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Native, aboriginal, indigenous n and adj

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Autochtone nmf and adj

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Neck and neck expr

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Être au coude à coude

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Sleep like a log

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Dormir comme une souche
Souche is a stump f and origin, descent
Elle de souche polonaise

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Preacher, apostle

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Apôtre m

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Livestock, cattle

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Bétail m

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Bundle,
Idiot, fool
Foolish, idiotic adj

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Ballot m

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Suffer from

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Pâtir de

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Shoe, slipper

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Soulier

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Sole of shoe
Sole foot
Sole fish

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Semelle f
Plante f
Sole f

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Be running late

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Être á la bourre

Bourre f stuffing

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Accept, tolerate, put up with, cope with, stand

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Supporter
Mes parents ne se supportent plus.
Il faut supporter les conséquences de ses actes

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Poorly

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Pauvrement

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Gradually, bit by bit, imperceptibly

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Insensiblement

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Mainly, primarily

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Principalement

And principally

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At large

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Dans la nature

En cavale, en fuite

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Be up to

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Fabriquer
Make, produce, build
Qu’est-ce que ru fabriques? What r u up to

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detective novel, detective fiction, crime novel, crime fiction n

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Polar m fam

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Bully torment

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Brimer

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Attention! (Soldater)

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Garde-à-vous

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Haphazardly indiscriminately jumble muddle mess

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Pêle-mêle adv

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In the mean time

Meanwhile

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Entre-temps

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Initial sign v

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Parapher

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Laziness

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Flemme f

avoir la flemme (colloquial) can’t be bothered expr

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Stocky squat adj

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Trapu

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Negotiations talks

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Pourparlers mpl
Être en p avec San
Be in talks, negotiations w

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immaculate, well-dressed adj
well-groomed, well turned out adj
tidy, neat, smart adj

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Soigné
And sick person, the sick (group)
	familier (fort) (illness)	bad, severe adj
 	 (headache)	splitting adj
 	 (cold)	heavy adj
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Lend a hand, help out, give support

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Prêter main-forte à qqn

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Lost soul, drop out

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Paumé

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Ditto, lîkewise

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Idem adv

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Conceal, hide, mask, disguise

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Occulter

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Placard, notice, sign

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Pancarte f

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Bend, zigzag

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Lacet m
Les lacets de cette route de montagne sont dangereux.
And shoe string shoe laces,

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Trek, long journey, haul

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Périple m

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Horse chestnut tree

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Marronnier m

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Stop, halt, stopover n

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Escale f
Le bateau fait escale à P.
Faire escale make a stopover

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Follow through, bring to fruition

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Mener à terme

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Passenger (car) compartment

Cock pit

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Habitacle m

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Godfather, sponsor

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Parrain m

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Dig v

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Creuser

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Nickname v

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Surnommer

Surnommé

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Unheard of, incredible, amazing

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Inouï adj

Incroyable

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Seniority

Years of service, length of experience

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Ancienneté f

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Successor, heir, inheritor

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Héritier m

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Paddy wagon

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Panier à salade m

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Agressiveness, hostility

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Hargne f

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Pocket pen knife

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Canif m

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Swarm gaggle

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Essaim m

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Thug, gangster, yobbo

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Voyou m

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Rubble

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Gravats mpl

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Cheating (exam) n

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Fraude f

And fraud

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Junkie drug addict

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Toxicomane m

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Sociable

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Mondain

And social butterfly, socialite as a noun

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Wardrobe, cloak room

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Garde-robe f

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Theft n

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Larcin m

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Hardship, poverty n

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Dèche f
Être dans la dèche be broke
And down and out

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Narrator, story teller

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Conteur -euse

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Start, initiate, open , begin

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Entamer

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Delicious, tasty

Lovely, charming

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Savoureux -euse

And fig

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Story, tale

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Conte m

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Music-loving, music lover adj

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Mélomane

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Bun (hair)

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Chignon m

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Bearing n fig

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Jalon m

Milestone, landmark, foundation, groundwork

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Mend (clothes)

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Ravauder

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Spray of spit,

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Postillon m

Il envoie des postillons en parlant

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Bizarre, unusual, quirky

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Insolite adj

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Bad ill tempered, sullen, gloomy, dull

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Maussade

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Beg, go cap in hand, ask for, bum

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Quémander

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Presence (as in imposing) n

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Prestance f

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Arrogant, haughty, aloof

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Altier

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Polish, shine v

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Astiquer

Refl wank, play w yr self

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Trivia, nonsense

Trivial som

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Bagatelle f

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Chatter n

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Jacassement m

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Management m

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Gérance f
Il a pris ce magasin en gérance
P assurera la gérance de la banque…

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fool, deceive, cheat, swindle vtr

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Berner

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Swagger strut

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Plastronner

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