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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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28
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lacune

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loophole

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29
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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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42
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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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lambeaux

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strips

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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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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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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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68
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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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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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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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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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lessive

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laundry

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vase

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sludge

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supplice

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torment

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rogatons

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leftovers

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écusson

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shield

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déclencheur

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trigger

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95
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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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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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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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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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111
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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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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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fardeau

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burden

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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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rocade

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bypass / ring road

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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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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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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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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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amertume

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bitterness

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chope

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tankard

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échafaud

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gallows / scaffold

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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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bémol

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drawback

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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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nuées

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swarms

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voltige

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acrobatics

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bourrasque

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gale

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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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trac

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stage fright

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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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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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chablon

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stencil

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prélèvement

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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

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retaliation

201
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bourreau

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executioner

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allégresse

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ornière

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attelle

205
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brancard

206
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méfiance

207
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l’enjou

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the stakes

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fiacre

209
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les potins

210
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gaspiller

211
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absous

A

absolution

212
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tintement

213
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saute d’humeur

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mood swing

214
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charrure

215
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ainés

216
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détournement

217
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fréquentation

218
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fourre-tout

219
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comptine

A

nursery rhyme

220
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corrida

A

bullfighting

221
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vidanges

222
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meuf

A

girlfriend

223
Q

calvaire

224
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rebondissements

A

plot twists

225
Q

décharge publique

A

tip / landfill

226
Q

aimant

227
Q

parrainage

A

sponsorship

228
Q

lien de parrainage

A

referral link

229
Q

enjoliveur

230
Q

girouette

A

weather vane

231
Q

appuis-tête

232
Q

fillette

A

little girl

233
Q

monticule

234
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auvent

235
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achalandage

236
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anicroche

237
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bornes d’arcade

A

arcade games

238
Q

gradin

239
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loge

A

box (e.g sports / theatre viewing)

240
Q

rancune

241
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faire la bringue

A

paint the town red

242
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trait d’union

243
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essaim

244
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déclinaison

245
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onde

246
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deuil

247
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vallon

248
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coup de feu

249
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ivrogne

250
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fougue

251
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émeute

252
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mépris

253
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immondice

254
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coffre-fort

255
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ristourne

256
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bévue

257
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aperçu

258
Q

octet

259
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récit

260
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cor

261
Q

grosse caisse

262
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salve

263
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complainte

264
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butte

265
Q

bécosse

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outhouse (or toilet bowl in Quebecois)

266
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frayeur

267
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virage

268
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gerbe d’eau

A

spray of water

269
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blason

270
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souper de repetition

A

rehearsal dinner

271
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entaille

272
Q

volonté

273
Q

apnée

A

holding your breath

274
Q

bagarre

275
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chevauchée

276
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libre arbitre

277
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remarques déplacées

A

inappropriate comments

278
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laps de temps

A

period of time

279
Q

gommage

A

scrub / exfoliant

280
Q

hargne

281
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cailloux

282
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bienséance

283
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coup de bol

284
Q

lubie

285
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remords

286
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la clope

A

the smoking / cigarettes

287
Q

échec

288
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rainure

289
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màj

A

update (literally mis à jour)

290
Q

denrée

291
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bourdonnement

A

buzzing noise

292
Q

faisceau

293
Q

topo

294
Q

système de cotation

A

rating system

295
Q

gâchis

296
Q

minaudière

297
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lubie

A

hare-brained idea

298
Q

cavalière

299
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fanfreluches

A

bells and whistles

300
Q

aigreur

301
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tapage

A

disturbance

302
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réveillon

A

Christmas Eve / New Years Eve

303
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sinécure

A

picnic (idiomatic sense - it’s no picnic)

304
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bastingage

A

ship’s rail

305
Q

rouerie

306
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fourberie

A

deviousness

307
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raclée

308
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jour férié

A

bank holiday

309
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cadette

A

youngest child (female)

310
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pulsion

311
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déboires

312
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pacotille

A

junk / tat

313
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fêtes arrosées

A

drunken parties

314
Q

mendiant

315
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consigne

A

instruction

316
Q

fac

317
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geôle

A

jail (antiquated)

318
Q

péché mortel

A

deadly sin

319
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fardeau

320
Q

effluves

321
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aubaine

322
Q

cerceuil

323
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animaux domestiques

324
Q

sieste

325
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constat

A

observation

326
Q

éloge

327
Q

joyaux

328
Q

exutoire

329
Q

premier cycle

A

undergraduate

330
Q

remue-ménage

331
Q

dégringolade

332
Q

hébétude

333
Q

faux-semblant

334
Q

acharnement

A

determination

335
Q

contrariété

336
Q

égérie

A

spokesperson

337
Q

filature

338
Q

pagaille

339
Q

fatras

A

hodgepodge

340
Q

élan

341
Q

leurre

342
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richesse

343
Q

brimades

344
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dernier recours

A

last resort

345
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cloison

346
Q

mansuétude

347
Q

mièvrerie

348
Q

résultat

349
Q

camouflet

A

affront / slap in the face

350
Q

poudre de perlimpinpin

A

snake oil / pixie dust

351
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engouement

A

enthusiasm

352
Q

canular

353
Q

liesse

A

jubilation

354
Q

foi

355
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péripétie

356
Q

cabrioles

357
Q

giclée

358
Q

croque-mitaine

359
Q

émeute

360
Q

avanies

A

indignities

361
Q

âpreté

362
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riverains

A

local residents

363
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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

368
Q

quolibet

369
Q

enjouement

A

playfulness

370
Q

couches de salissures

A

layers of dirt

371
Q

fente

372
Q

glapissement

373
Q

grumeaux

374
Q

entrave

375
Q

vivats

376
Q

taudis

377
Q

surcroît de

A

extra (of x)

378
Q

guerrier

379
Q

rescapé

380
Q

vaguelette

381
Q

lassitude

382
Q

fourmillement

383
Q

badaud

384
Q

éclaireur

385
Q

chambardement

386
Q

cierge

A

votive candle

387
Q

déflagration

A

detonation

388
Q

désarroi

389
Q

abnégation

A

self-sacrifice

390
Q

jacasseur

A

chatterbox

391
Q

marche à suivre

392
Q

soubresaut

393
Q

réjouissance

394
Q

morsure

395
Q

galerie

396
Q

hampe

397
Q

achalandage

398
Q

nourisson

399
Q

majuscules

A

upper case letters

400
Q

zèle

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

409
Q

goût infect

A

nasty taste

410
Q

sollicitude

A

kindly concern

411
Q

décombres

412
Q

goûter

413
Q

foudres

414
Q

basse-cour

415
Q

lacune

A

shortcoming

416
Q

contresens

A

mistranslation

417
Q

leurre

418
Q

plein gré

A

own free will

419
Q

calvitie

420
Q

miroitement

421
Q

trêve

422
Q

énergumènes

423
Q

vantardises

424
Q

décuplé

A

tenfold increase

425
Q

pique

A

spade (cards)

426
Q

augure

427
Q

armoiries

A

coat of arms

428
Q

laisser-aller

429
Q

prestataire

430
Q

carambolage

431
Q

désinvolture

432
Q

carriole

433
Q

estafilade

434
Q

deuil

435
Q

baffe

436
Q

tracas

437
Q

néant

A

nothingness

438
Q

houppette

A

powder puff

439
Q

diablotin

440
Q

écrin

A

jewellery box

441
Q

appât

442
Q

augure

443
Q

kyrielle

444
Q

flagorneur

445
Q

forfanterie

A

boastfulness

446
Q

décoction

447
Q

trouillard

448
Q

cloque

449
Q

anfractuosité

450
Q

ride

451
Q

faisceau

452
Q

intox

A

brainwashing

453
Q

sciage

454
Q

équivoque

455
Q

inimitié

456
Q

rejeton

457
Q

fournée

458
Q

potins

459
Q

battage

460
Q

auto tamponneuse

A

bumper car

461
Q

bidon d’huile

462
Q

cale

463
Q

éraflure

A

scuff mark

464
Q

tabatière

465
Q

rafle

466
Q

réprouvée

467
Q

canaille

468
Q

jeton

469
Q

cerf volant

470
Q

puits

471
Q

astre

A

celestial body

472
Q

nacelle

A

pod (on a ride or spaceship)

473
Q

kermesse

474
Q

rabat

475
Q

landau

476
Q

paratonnerre

A

lightning rod

477
Q

torgnole

478
Q

pépite

A

golden nugget

479
Q

trépignement

A

a stamping of feet

480
Q

tertre

481
Q

suaire

482
Q

linceul

483
Q

sépulture

A

final resting place

484
Q

chaux

485
Q

requérant

486
Q

postiche

487
Q

badinage

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

493
Q

mot-valise

A

portmanteau

494
Q

comportement

495
Q

renflement

496
Q

biberon

A

baby’s bottle / sippy cup

497
Q

crécelle

498
Q

scélératesse

499
Q

tombereau

A

dumper truck

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