Noumea Flashcards

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1
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Ringlets

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Anglaise

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Pile heap mound

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Monceau m

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Shroud

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Linceul m

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Inevitably certainly

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Immanquablement

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Guest

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Convive m

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Fig tree

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Figuier m

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Slave. Slave away v

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Trimer

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Have a nightmare v

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Cauchemarder

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Provide for. Fulfill

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Subvenir

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10
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Burst out laughing laugh loudly

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S’Esclaffer

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familier pack up and leave v

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Prendre ses cliques and ses claques

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Erase eliminate get rid of

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Homer

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Rattan

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Rotin

Un fauteuil en rotin wicker chair

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Section part side face

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Pan m

Un pan de montagne entier s’est affaissé.

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Fully booked sold out

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Surbooké

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Be hurt take offense

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Se vexer

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tribunal, courtroom, court n

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prétoire nm

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Ljud effect

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Un effet sonore

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19
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Lip read

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Lire sur les lèvres

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To pick up someone

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Venir chercher qqn

Aller chercher qqn

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21
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Being sunburnt

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On est brûlé

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Rumeur

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Les on dit
Les bruits de couloir 
Les ragots 
Les bruits qui courent 
Colporter v colporteur -rice n
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Do a runner

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Faire un resto -basket

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Read to te self

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Lire dans sa tête

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Pheasant

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Faisan m

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Naive

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Naïf naïve

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Date n

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Datte f

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Wink gland n

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Œillade f

Lancer une œillade à qqn make eyes at someone

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Embark upon ( fex new subject )
Engage (gears)
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Embrayer

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30
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Nonsense rubbish

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Baliverne f

Baliverner v joke fool bamboozle

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Obituary

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Nécrologique adj

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Violent deadly sudden

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Foudroyant

Foudroyer devastate hit hard strike down

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Fig. Pour flood

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Se déverser
Des flots des touristes se déversent en Chine
Déverser discharge pour unleash

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Hoarse croaky rasping

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Éraillé

V - er make hoarse make croaky

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Keep still have retain

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Conserver
Expr keep u young in good shape fit and healthy
Avoir une activité physique ça conserve

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Fit well built sl

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Balancé
Cette pépée est sacrément balancé
That chick is seriously well-built

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Sort arrange

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Faire le tri
Tri sorting selecting
Tri sélectif
Tri des déchets waste sorting

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Settle a debt repay a debt

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Apurer une dette
Apurer balance an account
Apurer un compte audit an account

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39
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Crook gangster

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Truand m

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40
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Ghost writer

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Négre

And ghost negro

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41
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Speak pidgin

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Parler petit-nègre

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Veteran old hand old pro

ex soldier

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Briscard brisquard

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Small wrinkle

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Ridule f

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Waterproof watertight airtight

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Étanche adj

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45
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Be crazy

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Être timbré sl

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46
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Bluff pretentiousness bullshit

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Esbroufe f
V -er show off boast
Refl be impressed be amazed

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47
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Look glum have a long face

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Fairs / tirer une tête d’enterrement

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48
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Make stink
Plague
Fig corrupt poison

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Empester

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49
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Jacket

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Veston m

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50
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Heckle jeer

Disrupt

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Chahuter

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51
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Grieving in mourning bereaved

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Endeuillé

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Full beam

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Feux de route

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53
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Colorful multi coulered

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Bigarré

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54
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Bee Hive

Hive hub of activity

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Ruche f

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55
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Simple silly

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Niais adj

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56
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Riffraff scum

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Racaille f

57
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Trap ambush

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Traquenard m

58
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Pile heap mound

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Monceau m

59
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Entice lure tease arouse

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Aguicher

Aguicheur

60
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Deceitful devious hazardous

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Perfide adj

Perfide m traitor

61
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Slipper

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Pantoufle f

62
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Slip slide skip + whisper murmur

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Glisser

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Scar away frighten alarm v

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Effaroucher

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On one leg hop

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(Sauter) à cloche-pied

65
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Secondhand clothes rags

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Fripe f
Fripé crumpled rumpled creased
Friper

66
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Hold in ur stomach

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Rentrer le ventre

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Paunchy

Develop a paunch

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Bedonnant adj

Bedonner

68
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Not an ounce of fat

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Pas un gramme de graisse

69
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Ad

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Publicité f

70
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Pump iron

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Faire de la gonflette

71
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No way

Absolutely/ certainly not

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Que nenni !

72
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Emotion excitement n

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Émoi m

En émoi excited agog

73
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Very high

Do pole vault

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Haut perché
Faire du saut à la perche
Perche f pole rod bar perch (fish)

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Swarthy dark skinned tanned

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Basané

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Smack /slap across the face

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Donner une baffe

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It’s a 20 yr loan

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C’est un prêt sur 20 ans

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It’s not worth it

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Ça ne fait pas rêvér

78
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Paper clip

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Trombone f

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Screw n

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Vis f

80
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Screwdriver

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Tournevis m

81
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I deserved

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J’ai bien mérité

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Libel slander

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Calomnie f

Calomnier

83
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Weave

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Tisser

84
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Plan ( téléphone f ex)

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Abonnement m

85
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Shortlist

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La petite liste

86
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Leave behind shake off fam

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Semer

Il court trop vite il nous a semés

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Track trail shadow v

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Pister

88
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Come on to chat up

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Draguer

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Rain water fam

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Flotte f

Passe-moi la flotte j’ai soif

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Dishonest adj

Fly by night operator crook scoundrel

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Crapule f

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Informant informer

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Tuyauteur -se

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Flake

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Flacon glaçon d’avoine/neige

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Petal

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Pétale m de rose

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Straight away immediately

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D’emblée

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Non stop

Make a stopover

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Sans escale

Faire escale

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Scum n

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Écume f

Racaille (people)

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Rotting carcass carrion+ bastard bitch

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Charogne f

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Rough hard u ripe adj

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Rêche

Peau rêche rough skin

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Unplug turn off

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Débrancher

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Mull think ponder over

Dream up

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Gamberger

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Suffer endure put up with

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Subir
Subir des dégâts suffer/sustain damage
Submit le même sort que qqn
Suffer the same fate as someone

102
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Rattle (toy)

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Hoche m

And bagatelle trifle (litt)

103
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Face look sl

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Trogne f

Tu fais un drôle de trogne

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Barbed wire

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Le fil barbelé

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Stutter stammer

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Begayer

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Potbellied

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Ventripotent adj

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Puff yrself up

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Se rengorger

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Whip lash sting v

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Cingler

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Fish hook

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Hameçon m

110
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Sleep it off get over recover fr

Sober up

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Cuver

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Biting wind
Lashing, driving rain
Fig biting scathing stinging

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Cingland

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Sooth dampen v

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Tempérer

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The washing up sl

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La plonge

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Moo bellow

Yell bawl

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Beugler

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Educate yourself

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Se former

Tu les formes à quoi

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Octopus

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Pieuvre m

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Meow

Wail complain

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Miauler

118
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Crook scoundrel rascal

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Canaille f

119
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Fake junk ( jewelry)
Nonsense rubbish (talk)
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Toc m

Les bijoux étaient en toc

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Train v

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Former (qqn)

121
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Slouch wallow sprawl

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Se vautrer
dans un fauteuil to slouch in an armchair •se vautrer sur [+tapis, canapé] to sprawl on •vautré dans l’herbe sprawling in the grass

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Distaste Aversion dislike

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Dégoût

1 N dégoût m (for, at pour) •he left in disgust il est parti dégoûté •to my disgust he refused to do it cela m’a écœuré qu’il refuse​
2 VT dégoûter

123
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That captivates the reader

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Ça captive le lecteur

124
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Hold up

To do a sharp turn

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Braquage
Faire un braquage
braque vers la ou à gauche turn hard left

125
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It’s all the same It makes no difference

All much of a muchness

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C’est kif-kif

Kif-kif bourricot

126
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Bead drop

Fig gem angel treasure

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Perle f

And pearl

127
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Blank /expressionless look

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Atone

Il avait un regard atone

128
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At the crack of dawn

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Potron-minet

129
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Pull the wool over sb eyes

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Blouser

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Bitch cow slut

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Garce f

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Weirdo freak

Twisted warped

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Tordu

coup tordu m dirty trick

132
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Weakness flaw defect

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Vice m

Vice caché hidden defect

133
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On a technicality

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Pour vice de forme

134
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Waste take out

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Zigouiller (qqn)

135
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Climate change

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La variabilité climatique

136
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Resuscitation/ intensive care

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Réanimation
Être en réanimation
Dans la salle de réanimation
Bouche-à-bouche

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Hovel fam

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Cambuse f

138
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At random randomly

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De façon aléatoire

Aléatoire adj uncertain unpredictable