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1
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perfidie

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treachery

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goulot

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bottleneck

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faïence

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pottery

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filet

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net

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chevet

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bedside

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corvées

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chores

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tomettes

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floor tiles

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dé à coudre

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thimble

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peigne

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comb

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hameçon

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fish hook

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archipel

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archipelago

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pitance

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ration

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ruisseau

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stream

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veuve

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widow

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péniche

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barge

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mare

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pond

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bave

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slime

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grésillement

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crackle

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laideur

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ugliness

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liasse

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bundle

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fouet

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whip

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prévenance

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thoughtfulness

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perquisition

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raid

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pare-brise

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windscreen

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soubresaut

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jolt

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porcherie

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pigsty

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écriteau

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sign

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lacune

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loophole

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brevet

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certificate

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30
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cadet

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middle / youngest child

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flot

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flow

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32
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honte

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shame

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énervement

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excitement

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comble

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peak

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varcarme

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racket (noise)

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carrosserie

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chassis

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37
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essuie-glace

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windscreen wiper

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secousse

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a shake

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39
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sottise

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foolishness

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maladresse

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clumsiness

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malédiction

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curse

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génie

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genius

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mécène

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patron

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44
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gifle

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slap

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45
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bac

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container

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allure

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appearance

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clinquant

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glitz

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boutade

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witticism

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fusée

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rocket

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lustre

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chandelier

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fusée

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rocket

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bourbe

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mud

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53
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lambeaux

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strips

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54
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une pichenette

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a flick

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farfadet

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leprechaun

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puits

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well

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57
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gavage

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force-feeding

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chenapan

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scamp

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59
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l’orée

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the edge

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60
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piégeage

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trapping

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amertume

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bitterness

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62
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approbation

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approval

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63
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abreuvoir

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water fountain

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amoncellement

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pile

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65
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râleuse

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nag

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veuve

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widow

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67
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héritier

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heir

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bigoudi

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hair curler

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69
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supplice

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torment

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gens du peuple

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common people

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71
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assoupissement

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sleepiness

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calèche

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horse and cart

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73
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brûlure

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burn (noun)

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fougue

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passion

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75
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tonneaux

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barrels

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pire crainte

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worst fear

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bout de chiffon

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piece of rag

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78
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bribes

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snippets

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reliure

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spine (book)

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éventail

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array

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81
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éructation

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belching

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peinture aquarelle

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watercolour painting

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cruche

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pitcher

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84
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mœurs

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morals

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mât

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flagpole (mast)

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hécatombe

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disaster

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87
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fossés

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ditches

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88
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cure-dent

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toothpick

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89
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lessive

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laundry

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90
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vase

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sludge

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91
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supplice

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torment

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92
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rogatons

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leftovers

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93
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écusson

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shield

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déclencheur

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trigger

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netteté

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clarity

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96
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enchevêtrement

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tangle

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97
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chantage

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blackmail

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98
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parcelle

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plot of land

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99
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cahot

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bump in the road

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100
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éboulis

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scree

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101
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lézardes

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cracks

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102
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épave

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wreck

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103
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ivrogne

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drunkard

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104
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raclement

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scraping noise

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105
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séquelles

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after-effects

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106
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banlieue cossue

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posh suburb

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échantillons

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samples

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108
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enchère

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auction

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109
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démarrage

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start

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110
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otage

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hostage

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hasard

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coincidence / chance

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verseau

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Aquarius

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113
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cagnotte

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jackpot

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114
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remaniement

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redistribution

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115
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judas

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peep hole

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combiné

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telephone receiver

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croisière

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cruise

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118
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réverbère

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street lamp

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119
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fardeau

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burden

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120
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toupie

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spinning top

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pendaison

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hanging

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bémol

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drawback

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sous-vireur

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understeer

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tare

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defect

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pétrin

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pickle - bad situation (ie dans in tel pétrin)

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élagage

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pruning

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127
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rocade

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bypass / ring road

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128
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bossu

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hunchback

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montgolfière

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hot air balloon

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dérapage

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skid

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131
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cache-cache

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hide and seek

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chiromancie

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palm reading

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133
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mise sous tutelle

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custody / guardianship

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134
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orgueil

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pride

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135
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feu rouge

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traffic light

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136
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filet à bagages

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luggage rack

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137
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pétage de cable

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breakdown

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cohue

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crowd

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diligence

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stage coach

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raccourci

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shortcut

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manant

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villain / peasant

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massue

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bludgeon

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devinette

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riddle

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dégât

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damage

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145
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chasse d’eau

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toilet flush

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accouchement

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childbirth

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gabarit

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template

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148
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boudin

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rod

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149
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la cata

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disaster

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150
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amertume

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bitterness

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151
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chope

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tankard

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152
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échafaud

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gallows / scaffold

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153
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usure

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wear-and-tear

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154
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orgueil

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pride

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155
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fioriture

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flourish

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156
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cosses

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pods

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157
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bémol

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drawback

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158
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noirceur

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darkness

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étreinte

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embrace

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enchevêtrement

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tangle

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161
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nuées

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swarms

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162
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voltige

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acrobatics

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bourrasque

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gale

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164
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railleries

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taunts

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acharnement

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persistence

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éboulement

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cave-in

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cageots

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crates

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nids

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nests

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engin

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machine

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balise

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marker / tag

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feu de joie

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bonfire

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bouclier

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shield

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gloussement

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chuckle

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socle

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base

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fond marin

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seabed

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enjeux

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concerns / challenges

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bouée

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buoy

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landes

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moors

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houle

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swell (sea)

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des données

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data

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parrains

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sponsors

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parrains

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sponsors

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salto

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somersault

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écuyer

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squire

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sillon

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groove

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186
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trac

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stage fright

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187
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clou

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highlight of x

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presqu’île

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peninsula

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189
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gifle

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slap

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escouade

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squad

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chouïa

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smidge

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192
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chablon

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stencil

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prélèvement

A

specimen

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quadrillage

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grid

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goudron

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tar

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gadou

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slush

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clôture

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fence

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ordures

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garbage

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énième

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umpteenth

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représailles

A

retaliation

201
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bourreau

A

executioner

202
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allégresse

A

joy

203
Q

ornière

A

rut

204
Q

attelle

A

splint

205
Q

brancard

A

stretcher

206
Q

méfiance

A

mistrust

207
Q

l’enjou

A

the stakes

208
Q

fiacre

A

carriage

209
Q

les potins

A

gossip

210
Q

gaspiller

A

to waste

211
Q

absous

A

absolution

212
Q

tintement

A

clink

213
Q

saute d’humeur

A

mood swing

214
Q

charrure

A

plow

215
Q

ainés

A

elders

216
Q

détournement

A

misuse

217
Q

fréquentation

A

dating

218
Q

fourre-tout

A

catch-all

219
Q

comptine

A

nursery rhyme

220
Q

corrida

A

bullfighting

221
Q

vidanges

A

sewage

222
Q

meuf

A

girlfriend

223
Q

calvaire

A

ordeal

224
Q

rebondissements

A

plot twists

225
Q

décharge publique

A

tip / landfill

226
Q

aimant

A

magnet

227
Q

parrainage

A

sponsorship

228
Q

lien de parrainage

A

referral link

229
Q

enjoliveur

A

hubcap

230
Q

girouette

A

weather vane

231
Q

appuis-tête

A

head rest

232
Q

fillette

A

little girl

233
Q

monticule

A

mound

234
Q

auvent

A

canopy

235
Q

achalandage

A

footfall

236
Q

anicroche

A

hitch

237
Q

bornes d’arcade

A

arcade games

238
Q

gradin

A

tier

239
Q

loge

A

box (e.g sports / theatre viewing)

240
Q

rancune

A

grudge

241
Q

faire la bringue

A

paint the town red

242
Q

trait d’union

A

hyphen

243
Q

essaim

A

swarm

244
Q

déclinaison

A

version

245
Q

onde

A

wave

246
Q

deuil

A

grief

247
Q

vallon

A

valley

248
Q

coup de feu

A

gunshot

249
Q

ivrogne

A

drunkard

250
Q

fougue

A

passion

251
Q

émeute

A

riot

252
Q

mépris

A

contempt

253
Q

immondice

A

filth

254
Q

coffre-fort

A

safe

255
Q

ristourne

A

drawback

256
Q

bévue

A

blunder

257
Q

aperçu

A

overview

258
Q

octet

A

byte

259
Q

récit

A

narrative

260
Q

cor

A

horn

261
Q

grosse caisse

A

bass drum

262
Q

salve

A

burst

263
Q

complainte

A

lament

264
Q

butte

A

hill

265
Q

bécosse

A

outhouse (or toilet bowl in Quebecois)

266
Q

frayeur

A

fear

267
Q

virage

A

bend

268
Q

gerbe d’eau

A

spray of water

269
Q

blason

A

sigil

270
Q

souper de repetition

A

rehearsal dinner

271
Q

entaille

A

gash

272
Q

volonté

A

willpower

273
Q

apnée

A

holding your breath

274
Q

bagarre

A

fight

275
Q

chevauchée

A

spree

276
Q

libre arbitre

A

free will

277
Q

remarques déplacées

A

inappropriate comments

278
Q

laps de temps

A

period of time

279
Q

gommage

A

scrub / exfoliant

280
Q

hargne

A

vitriol

281
Q

cailloux

A

stones

282
Q

bienséance

A

decorum

283
Q

coup de bol

A

fluke

284
Q

lubie

A

fad

285
Q

remords

A

remorse

286
Q

la clope

A

the smoking / cigarettes

287
Q

échec

A

failure

288
Q

rainure

A

groove

289
Q

màj

A

update (literally mis à jour)

290
Q

denrée

A

commodity

291
Q

bourdonnement

A

buzzing noise

292
Q

faisceau

A

beam

293
Q

topo

A

rundown

294
Q

système de cotation

A

rating system

295
Q

gâchis

A

mess

296
Q

minaudière

A

groupie

297
Q

lubie

A

hare-brained idea

298
Q

cavalière

A

plus one

299
Q

fanfreluches

A

bells and whistles

300
Q

aigreur

A

sourness

301
Q

tapage

A

disturbance

302
Q

réveillon

A

Christmas Eve / New Years Eve

303
Q

sinécure

A

picnic (idiomatic sense - it’s no picnic)

304
Q

bastingage

A

ship’s rail

305
Q

rouerie

A

treachery

306
Q

fourberie

A

deviousness

307
Q

raclée

A

a beating

308
Q

jour férié

A

bank holiday

309
Q

cadette

A

youngest child (female)

310
Q

pulsion

A

impulse

311
Q

déboires

A

setbacks

312
Q

pacotille

A

junk / tat

313
Q

fêtes arrosées

A

drunken parties

314
Q

mendiant

A

beggar

315
Q

consigne

A

instruction

316
Q

fac

A

college

317
Q

geôle

A

jail (antiquated)

318
Q

péché mortel

A

deadly sin

319
Q

fardeau

A

burden

320
Q

effluves

A

fumes

321
Q

aubaine

A

godsend

322
Q

cerceuil

A

coffin

323
Q

animaux domestiques

A

pets

324
Q

sieste

A

nap

325
Q

constat

A

observation

326
Q

éloge

A

praise

327
Q

joyaux

A

jewels

328
Q

exutoire

A

outlet

329
Q

premier cycle

A

undergraduate

330
Q

remue-ménage

A

commotion

331
Q

dégringolade

A

nosedive

332
Q

hébétude

A

numbness

333
Q

faux-semblant

A

pretense

334
Q

acharnement

A

determination

335
Q

contrariété

A

annoyance

336
Q

égérie

A

spokesperson

337
Q

filature

A

tailing

338
Q

pagaille

A

mess

339
Q

fatras

A

hodgepodge

340
Q

élan

A

momentum

341
Q

leurre

A

lure

342
Q

richesse

A

wealth

343
Q

brimades

A

bullying

344
Q

dernier recours

A

last resort

345
Q

cloison

A

partition

346
Q

mansuétude

A

leniency

347
Q

mièvrerie

A

soppiness

348
Q

résultat

A

outcome

349
Q

camouflet

A

affront / slap in the face

350
Q

poudre de perlimpinpin

A

snake oil / pixie dust

351
Q

engouement

A

enthusiasm

352
Q

canular

A

hoax

353
Q

liesse

A

jubilation

354
Q

foi

A

faith

355
Q

péripétie

A

drama

356
Q

cabrioles

A

antics

357
Q

giclée

A

spurt

358
Q

croque-mitaine

A

bogeyman

359
Q

émeute

A

riot

360
Q

avanies

A

indignities

361
Q

âpreté

A

harshness

362
Q

riverains

A

local residents

363
Q

ressources limitées

A

finite resources

364
Q

déboisement

A

deforestation

365
Q

délateur

A

whistle blower

366
Q

brin rebelle

A

rebellious streak

367
Q

bonté

A

goodness

368
Q

quolibet

A

jibe

369
Q

enjouement

A

playfulness

370
Q

couches de salissures

A

layers of dirt

371
Q

fente

A

slit

372
Q

glapissement

A

yelp

373
Q

grumeaux

A

lumps

374
Q

entrave

A

obstacle

375
Q

vivats

A

cheers

376
Q

taudis

A

hovel

377
Q

surcroît de

A

extra (of x)

378
Q

guerrier

A

warrior

379
Q

rescapé

A

survivor

380
Q

vaguelette

A

ripple

381
Q

lassitude

A

fatigue

382
Q

fourmillement

A

tingling

383
Q

badaud

A

bystander

384
Q

éclaireur

A

scout

385
Q

chambardement

A

upheaval

386
Q

cierge

A

votive candle

387
Q

déflagration

A

detonation

388
Q

désarroi

A

dismay

389
Q

abnégation

A

self-sacrifice

390
Q

jacasseur

A

chatterbox

391
Q

marche à suivre

A

procedure

392
Q

soubresaut

A

twitch

393
Q

réjouissance

A

revelry

394
Q

morsure

A

bite

395
Q

galerie

A

tunnel

396
Q

hampe

A

shaft

397
Q

achalandage

A

clientele

398
Q

nourisson

A

infant

399
Q

majuscules

A

upper case letters

400
Q

zèle

A

zeal

401
Q

péripéties

A

ups and downs

402
Q

passé révolu

A

bygone era

403
Q

ravages

A

devastation

404
Q

eau croupie

A

dirty water

405
Q

cellular capitonnée

A

padded cell

406
Q

ton railleur

A

scoffing tone

407
Q

giron

A

fold (Christian sense)

408
Q

comparse

A

sidekick

409
Q

goût infect

A

nasty taste

410
Q

sollicitude

A

kindly concern

411
Q

décombres

A

wreckage

412
Q

goûter

A

snack

413
Q

foudres

A

wrath

414
Q

basse-cour

A

farmyard

415
Q

lacune

A

shortcoming

416
Q

contresens

A

mistranslation

417
Q

leurre

A

decoy

418
Q

plein gré

A

own free will

419
Q

calvitie

A

baldness

420
Q

miroitement

A

shimmer

421
Q

trêve

A

truce

422
Q

énergumènes

A

oddballs

423
Q

vantardises

A

brags

424
Q

décuplé

A

tenfold increase

425
Q

pique

A

spade (cards)

426
Q

augure

A

omen

427
Q

armoiries

A

coat of arms

428
Q

laisser-aller

A

neglect

429
Q

prestataire

A

provider

430
Q

carambolage

A

pileup

431
Q

désinvolture

A

flippancy

432
Q

carriole

A

cart

433
Q

estafilade

A

slash

434
Q

deuil

A

grief

435
Q

baffe

A

slap

436
Q

tracas

A

hassle

437
Q

néant

A

nothingness

438
Q

houppette

A

powder puff

439
Q

diablotin

A

imp

440
Q

écrin

A

jewellery box

441
Q

appât

A

lure

442
Q

augure

A

omen

443
Q

kyrielle

A

plethora

444
Q

flagorneur

A

sycophant

445
Q

forfanterie

A

boastfulness

446
Q

décoction

A

brew

447
Q

trouillard

A

coward

448
Q

cloque

A

splotch

449
Q

anfractuosité

A

crevice

450
Q

ride

A

ripple

451
Q

faisceau

A

beam

452
Q

intox

A

brainwashing

453
Q

sciage

A

sawing

454
Q

équivoque

A

ambiguity

455
Q

inimitié

A

hostility

456
Q

rejeton

A

offspring

457
Q

fournée

A

batch

458
Q

potins

A

gossip

459
Q

battage

A

hype

460
Q

auto tamponneuse

A

bumper car

461
Q

bidon d’huile

A

oil drum

462
Q

cale

A

hold

463
Q

éraflure

A

scuff mark

464
Q

tabatière

A

snuff box

465
Q

rafle

A

raid

466
Q

réprouvée

A

outcast

467
Q

canaille

A

scoundrel

468
Q

jeton

A

token

469
Q

cerf volant

A

kite

470
Q

puits

A

well

471
Q

astre

A

celestial body

472
Q

nacelle

A

pod (on a ride or spaceship)

473
Q

kermesse

A

carnival

474
Q

rabat

A

flap

475
Q

landau

A

pram

476
Q

paratonnerre

A

lightning rod

477
Q

torgnole

A

wallop

478
Q

pépite

A

golden nugget

479
Q

trépignement

A

a stamping of feet

480
Q

tertre

A

mound

481
Q

suaire

A

shroud

482
Q

linceul

A

shroud

483
Q

sépulture

A

final resting place

484
Q

chaux

A

whitewash

485
Q

requérant

A

plaintiff

486
Q

postiche

A

toupee

487
Q

badinage

A

banter

488
Q

hostie

A

communion wafer / sacrament

489
Q

la superficie

A

the surface area

490
Q

le contrat de bail

A

the lease agreement

491
Q

la caution

A

the deposit

492
Q

autrui

A

others

493
Q

mot-valise

A

portmanteau

494
Q

comportement

A

behaviour

495
Q

renflement

A

bulge

496
Q

biberon

A

baby’s bottle / sippy cup

497
Q

crécelle

A

rattle

498
Q

scélératesse

A

villainy

499
Q

tombereau

A

dumper truck